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  2. Peninnah - Wikipedia

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    Peninnah (right) with Elkanah and Hannah as they return to Ramah. Peninnah (Hebrew: פְּנִנָּה ‎ Pəninnā; sometimes transliterated Penina) was one of Elkanah's two wives, briefly mentioned in the first Book of Samuel (1 Samuel 1:2). [1] [2] Her name derives from the word פְּנִינָּה ‎ (pəninā), meaning "pearl." [3] [4]

  3. Elkanah - Wikipedia

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    Elkanah (Hebrew: אֱלְקָנָה ’Ĕlqānā "El has purchased") was, according to the First Book of Samuel, the husband of Hannah, and the father of her children including her first, Samuel. Elkanah practiced polygamy ; his other wife, less favoured but bearing more children, was named Peninnah .

  4. Hannah (biblical figure) - Wikipedia

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    Nevertheless, Elkanah preferred Hannah. According to Lillian Klein, the use of this chiasmus underscores the standing of the women: Hannah is the primary wife, yet Peninnah has succeeded in bearing children. Hannah's status as primary wife and her barrenness recall Sarah and Rebecca in Genesis 17 and Genesis 25 respectively. Klein suggests that ...

  5. Eli (biblical figure) - Wikipedia

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    According to the Bible, the story of Mount Gerizim takes us back to the story of the time when Moses ordered Joshua to take the Twelve Tribes of Israel to the mountains by Shechem and place half of the tribes, six in number, on the top of Mount Gerizim (Mount of the Blessing), and the other half in Mount Ebal (Mount of the Curse). The two ...

  6. List of major biblical figures - Wikipedia

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    Felix governor of Judea who was present at the trial of Paul, and his wife Drusilla in Acts 24:24; Herod Agrippa II, king over several territories, before whom Paul made his defense in Acts 26. Herod Antipas, called "Herod the Tetrarch" or "Herod" in the Gospels and in Acts 4:27; Herodias; Herod the Great; Philip the Tetrarch; Pontius Pilate

  7. File:Elkanah and his two wives.jpg - Wikipedia

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  8. Women in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    Klein suggests that Elkanah took Peninnah as a second wife because of Hannah's barrenness. [70] Every year, Elkanah would offer a sacrifice at the Shiloh sanctuary, and give Peninnah and her children a portion but he gave Hannah a double portion "because he loved her, and the LORD had closed her womb" (1 Samuel 1:5, NIV).

  9. Elkanah (name) - Wikipedia

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    Elkanah/Elkana can also be a surname or a male forename. Some notable people with the first name Elkanah: Elkanah Settle (1648-1724) English poet and playwright; Elkanah Billings (1820-1876) Canada's first paleontologist; Elkanah Watson (1758-1842) American writer, agriculturalist and canal promoter; Elkanah Angwenyi (born 1983) Kenyan 1500m runner