28. these dwelt in Jerusalem] i.e. in the writer’s day the heads of families enumerated in verses 15–27 dwelt in Jerusalem. Compare ix. 2, 3; Nehemiah xi. 1–8. But the words may be a gloss brought in from ix. 34 along with the following verses (see below).
29–38 (= chapter ix. 35–44).
The Genealogy of the house of Saul.
29–38. These verses, which set forth the ancestors and descendants of Saul, are found also in ix. 35–44, where they serve as the introduction to the account of Saul’s death in ch. x. The latter passage would naturally seem to be the original place of these verses, but the arguments in favour of that view are not conclusive, and the point must be allowed to be doubtful.
²⁹And in Gibeon there dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, whose wife’s name was Maacah:
29. Gibeon] some six miles north of Jerusalem, was apparently the residence in post-exilic days of families which claimed descent from the house of Saul. Compare 2 Chronicles i. 3.
Jeiel] added in accordance with ix. 35.
³⁰and his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab;
30. and Baal] Add with LXX. (A) and ix. 36 and Ner. LXX. (B) shows that a word is missing after Baal for it reads Βααλακαίμ (= Βαὰλ καὶ Ν....?).
³¹and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zecher[¹].
[¹] In chapter ix. 37, Zechariah.