¹¹And of Hushim he begat Abitub and Elpaal.
11. Abitub] no sons of his are recorded.
¹²And the sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod, with the towns thereof:
12. sons of Elpaal] Elpaal’s sons are given also and more fully in verses 17, 18; and, as the three names in the present verse appear to be transcriptional variants of three mentioned in 17, 18, it is probable that this verse is a marginal note which has crept into the text.
who built Ono and Lod] the subject is not Shemed, but Elpaal; “built,” i.e. entered into possession of. Ono and Lod (= Lydda), some seven and eleven miles respectively south of Jaffa, are referred to in Nehemiah vii. 35, xi. 35, and Ezra ii. 33. The Targum adds, which the sons of Israel laid waste and burnt with fire, when they made war in Gibeah with the tribe of Benjamin.
¹³and Beriah, and Shema, who were heads of fathers’ houses of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath;
13. Aijalon] compare Joshua x. 12. It was situated near the Jaffa road, about thirteen miles from Jerusalem.
who put ... Gath] an interesting remark, which should be compared with vii. 21, 23—note the name Beriah in both passages. The relation of the two passages is, however, uncertain.
¹⁴and Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth; ¹⁵and Zebadiah, and Arad, and Eder; ¹⁶and Michael, and Ishpah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah; ¹⁷and Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hizki, and Heber; ¹⁸and Ishmerai, and Izliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal; ¹⁹and Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi;
14. And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth] Read, following LXX., And their brethren Shashak and Jeremoth. The pronoun of course refers to Beriah and Shema (verse 13), and to Abitub and Elpaal (verse 11)—these four, with Shashak and Jeremoth, being sons of Hushim, if verse 11 be emended and verses 12, 13 be regarded as a marginal addition, as is suggested above.