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Elkanah

Elkanah (el'kānu, elkā'nu) [key], in the Bible. 1. Husband of Hannah and father of Samuel. 2. Head of a Levitical family. 3. Officer of Ahaz's household. 4. Doorkeeper of the Ark of the Covenant.

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