Numbers 16:1 names Korach (קֹרַח) as a son of Yits'har (יִצְהָר), grandson of Kehat (קְהָת), and great-grandson of Levi (לֵוִי) - all of which rather messes up the scriptural claim that the "Hebrews" were slaves in Egypt for either 215 or 400 years, before Mosheh liberated them - and as one of the men who revolted against the authority of Mosheh. Korach's sons, according to Exodus 6:24 were Asir (אַסִּיר), El-Kanah (אֶלְקָנָה), and Avi-Asaph (אֲבִיאָסָף).
Some eleven, or perhaps twelve, or maybe thirteen Psalms are attributed to, or were composed for "The Sons of Korach", though it is not clear how Korach's name came to be attached, given his part in the rebellion; presumably a later Korach had the unfortunate name bestowed by perhaps oblivious parents. Nor is it clear, though it is probably unlikely, whether El-Kanah was himself a chorister.
1 Samuel 1:1 names another El-Kanah as the husband of Chanah (חַנָּה -Hannah) and father of Shemu-El (שְׁמוּאֵל - Samuel), a "man of Ramatayim-Tsophim (רָמָתַיִם, צוֹפִים), of the hill-country of Ephrayim (אֶפְרָיִם), and his name was El-Kanah, the son of Yerocham (יְרֹחָם), the son of Eli-Hu (אֱלִיהוּא), the son of Tochu (תֹּחוּ), the son of Tsuph (צוּף), from the clan of the Beney Ephrat [אֶפְרָתִי - most translations incorrectly render Ephrati as Ephrayim]".
1 Chronicles 12:6 has an El-Kanah among those who came to David when he was king of the Philistine city of Tsiklag.
1 Chronicles 6:25 ff names an El-Kanah among the Beney Kohat "whom David set over the service of song in the house of YHVH after the Ark was brought there to rest." El-Kanah's sons were also conscripted. The names given are Amasai (עֲמָשַׂי), Achimot (אֲחִימוֹת), Tsophai (צוֹפַי) - which connects radically with Tsuph, mentioned previously - Nachat (נַחַת), Eli-Av ( אֱלִיאָב) another Yerocham (יְרֹחָם), plus another who was also named El-Kanah (אֶלְקָנָה) and appears to be a son of Achimot, though the presentation of these "sons" does not seem to be biological; rather, Beney Kohat here appears to be a section of the larger choir and orchestra, the whole of which is known collectively as "The Sons of Korach".
1 Samuel 1:1 names another El-Kanah as the husband of Chanah (חַנָּה -Hannah) and father of Shemu-El (שְׁמוּאֵל - Samuel), a "man of Ramatayim-Tsophim (רָמָתַיִם, צוֹפִים), of the hill-country of Ephrayim (אֶפְרָיִם), and his name was El-Kanah, the son of Yerocham (יְרֹחָם), the son of Eli-Hu (אֱלִיהוּא), the son of Tochu (תֹּחוּ), the son of Tsuph (צוּף), from the clan of the Beney Ephrat [אֶפְרָתִי - most translations incorrectly render Ephrati as Ephrayim]".
1 Chronicles 12:6 has an El-Kanah among those who came to David when he was king of the Philistine city of Tsiklag.
1 Chronicles 6:25 ff names an El-Kanah among the Beney Kohat "whom David set over the service of song in the house of YHVH after the Ark was brought there to rest." El-Kanah's sons were also conscripted. The names given are Amasai (עֲמָשַׂי), Achimot (אֲחִימוֹת), Tsophai (צוֹפַי) - which connects radically with Tsuph, mentioned previously - Nachat (נַחַת), Eli-Av ( אֱלִיאָב) another Yerocham (יְרֹחָם), plus another who was also named El-Kanah (אֶלְקָנָה) and appears to be a son of Achimot, though the presentation of these "sons" does not seem to be biological; rather, Beney Kohat here appears to be a section of the larger choir and orchestra, the whole of which is known collectively as "The Sons of Korach".
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