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From: Concise Bible Dictionary: Z By: George A. Morrish

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1. An Ephrathite (and Kohathite). Ancestor of Samuel the prophet (1 Sam. 1:1¹Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: (1 Samuel 1:1); 1 Chron. 6:35³⁵The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai, (1 Chronicles 6:35)). Called ZOPHAI in 1 Chronicles 6:26²⁶As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son, (1 Chronicles 6:26).

2. Land adjoining the portion of Benjamin (1 Sam. 9:5⁵And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us. (1 Samuel 9:5)). Not identified.

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Concise Bible Dictionary: Z

• Ziphims, Ziphites

• Zoba, Zobah

• Zorah, Zareah, Zoreah

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