Bible Person
Meaning: God the zealous; the zeal of God · Male · 1 cross reference
This Elkanah entry refers to a Benjamite supporter who joins David at Ziklag, not to the court official or gatekeeper figures of the same name. He belongs to the coalition gathering around David before the kingdom is fully consolidated. First appears in 1 Chr 12:6.1
AI summary: This Elkanah matters because his single cross reference places him among the skilled fighters from Benjamin who align themselves with David. The entry contributes to the wider theme of former Saul-linked territory sending support to the king God is establishing. Taken together, the material presents this Elkanah as a Benjaminite supporter in David's expanding coalition.1
Central Figure
Elkanah
Meaning: God the zealous; the zeal of God
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.