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An Intertextuality Pair — one connection between two passages, shown as linked verse cards: the Later text and the Earlier text it quotes, alludes to or echoes. The Significance essay explains why the link matters and where it points in Christ.

Reference Type— how explicit the link is: Quotation, Allusion, or Echo
Connection Method(s)— how it carries meaning: e.g. Typology, Promise-Fulfillment, Analogy, Longitudinal Theme
Found via— where the connection was identified, e.g. the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge or an Anchor-Text Network

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Intertextuality Pair

1 Chronicles 6:27-28 → 1 Samuel 1:1

Allusion

Later text

1 Chronicles 6:27-28BSB

Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, and Elkanah his son. The sons of Samuel: Joel his firstborn and Abijah his second son.

Earlier text

1 Samuel 1:1BSB

Now there was a man named Elkanah who was from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.

Significance

The Chronicler places Samuel within the Kohathite Levitical line (1 Chr 6:27-28), while 1 Samuel 1:1 introduces Elkanah as "an Ephraimite" from Ramathaim-zophim. This apparent tension between tribal identities reflects the distinction between geographic residence (Ephraim) and genealogical ancestry (Levi). The Chronicler's Levitical pedigree for Samuel legitimizes his priestly functions—offering sacrifice, anointing kings, and mediating between God and Israel—grounding these roles in proper Levitical lineage rather than mere prophetic charisma. First Samuel's designation of Elkanah as "an Ephraimite" is אֶפְרָתִי (Ephrati), a marker of residence rather than tribe — precisely the tension the Chronicler's Kohathite genealogy resolves.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme — the pair belongs to the canon's priesthood thread: 1 Samuel 1:1 styles Elkanah an Ephraimite by residence, while the Chronicler's Kohathite register fixes Samuel's descent in Levi (1 Chr 6:22-28), grounding his sacrificing, interceding, king-anointing ministry in the legitimate priestly line — the institution whose integrity the canon tracks from Sinai to its fulfillment in Christ.

Linked Mentions 1

Trajectory Tables 1

Samuel (Prophet-Priest-Judge) Trajectory Table