Why is it that in I Chronicles 6:27-28, the “son of” pattern suddenly stops at Samuel? (“Son of _____, Son of ______, Son of ______, and his son Elkanah.\u00a0 Samuel’s sons…”)<\/p>\n\t
I should mention that there is a minor textual problem in I Chronicles 6:27: the name of Samuel’s first son is actually missing from the text, though it appears in the Septuagint translation. It is generally believed that a scribe missed the word. It is remotely possible that another word or two was missed in this verse, but I don’t think that is the answer to your question.<\/p>\n
If you look back through the genealogies in I Chronicles, significant figures in history begin a new line of people. Since Samuel was the last judge and a notable prophet who appointed the first kings of Israel, he leads a new chain. However, it is a short one that only names his two sons.<\/p>\n
Samuel was wholly given to God. Elkanah was his physical father, but Elkanah didn’t raise him. Thus, Samuel is not listed as Elkanah’s son. However, in another list (I Chronicles 6:33-38) giving the ancestry of the Kohathite singers, they are traced back to Samuel’s grandson, and Elkanah is mentioned as Samuel’s father to trace their lineage to Levi.<\/p>\n
Therefore, I think the odd wording is more due to Samuel’s unusual circumstances and his special place in Israel’s history.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Question: Why is it that in I Chronicles 6:27-28, the “son of” pattern suddenly stops at Samuel? (“Son of _____, Son of ______, Son of ______, and his son Elkanah.\u00a0 Samuel’s sons…”) Answer: I should mention that there is a minor textual problem in I Chronicles 6:27: the name of Samuel’s first son is actually…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[556,627],"class_list":["post-94057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-genealogy","tag-samuel"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3152,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/how-could-samuel-offer-a-burnt-offering-when-he-was-not-a-levite\/","url_meta":{"origin":94057,"position":0},"title":"How could Samuel offer a burnt offering when he was not a Levite?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"August 27, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: How could Samuel offer a burnt offering when he was not a Levite? 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