Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the mountains of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite. And he had two wives: the name of one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. This man went up from his city yearly to worship and sacrifice to the Lord of hosts in Shiloh. Also the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the Lord,
The Family of Elkanah
Please write a whole book of these...you can call it "Dirtbag Midrash"
Really feeling like my homeschool math curriculum was missing some great opportunities for Scripture-integration.
Oh the whiplash of being dragged back 16 years to junior year math problems, but with the added bonus of The Bible Parts I Never Learned!