- ELISHAH the oldest of the four sons of Javan (Genesis 10:4), whose
descendants peopled Greece. It has been supposed that Elishah’s
descendants peopled the Peloponnesus, which was known by the name of
Elis. This may be meant by “the isles of Elishah” (Ezekiel 27:7). - ELISHAMA whom God hears. (1.) A prince of Benjamin, grandfather of
Joshua (Numbers 1:10; 1 Chronicles 7:26). (2.) One of David’s sons (2
Samuel 5:16). (3.) Another of David’s sons (1 Chronicles 3:6). (4.) A
priest sent by Jehoshaphat to teach the people the law (2 Chronicles
17:8). - ELISHAPHAT whom God has judged, one of the “captains of hundreds”
associated with Jehoiada in the league to overthrow the usurpation of
Athaliah (2 Chronicles 23:1). - ELISHEBA God is her oath, the daughter of Amminadab and the wife of
Aaron (Exodus 6:23). - ELISHUA God his salvation, a son of David, 2 Samuel 5:15 = Elishama, 1
Chronicles 3:6. - ELKANAH God-created. (1.) The second son of Korah (Exodus 6:24), or,
according to 1 Chronicles 6:22, 23, more correctly his grandson.
(2.) Another Levite of the line of Heman the singer, although he does not
seem to have performed any of the usual Levitical offices. He was father of
Samuel the prophet (1 Chronicles 6:27, 34). He was “an Ephrathite” (1
Samuel 1:1, 4, 8), but lived at Ramah, a man of wealth and high position.
He had two wives, Hannah, who was the mother of Samuel, and Peninnah.
- ELKOSH God my bow, the birth-place of Nahum the prophet (Nah.
1:1). It was probably situated in Galilee, but nothing definite is known of
it. - ELLASAR the oak or heap of Assyria, a territory in Asia of which
Arioch was king (Genesis 14:1, 9). It is supposed that the old Chaldean
town of Larsa was the metropolis of this kingdom, situated nearly
half-way between Ur (now Mugheir) and Erech, on the left bank of the
Euphrates. This town is represented by the mounds of Senkereh, a little to
the east of Erech. - ELM Hos. 4:13; rendered “terebinth” in the Revised Version. It is the
Pistacia terebinthus of Linn., a tree common in Palestine, long-lived, and