Bible Person
Meaning: high; merciful; beloved · Male · 3 cross references
Jeroham is an ancestor in the Samuel line and appears as father of Elkanah in the family tradition behind the prophet. He belongs to the Levitical-Ephraimite household from which Samuel emerges. First appears in 1 Sam 1:1.1
AI summary: Jeroham matters because the cross references situate him inside the lineage that leads to Samuel, one of the pivotal prophetic and transitional figures in Israel's history. Though Jeroham himself remains in the background, his place in the genealogy anchors Samuel's household within the remembered order of Israel. Taken together, the material presents Jeroham as a necessary ancestral link in the family line of the prophet Samuel.1
Central Figure
Jeroham
Meaning: high; merciful; beloved
Father of Elkanah, and grandfather of the prophet Samuel (1 Sam.
Father of Elkanah, and grandfather of the prophet Samuel (1 Sam. 1:1). 3
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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.