5. Shilonites] Or Shelanites as Numbers xxvi. 20; they were descendants of Shelah, who is mentioned as a son of Judah in ii. 3. For other descendants, see iv. 21 f., and Nehemiah xi. 5.
Asaiah] In Nehemiah xi. 5 Maaseiah, a kindred name.
⁶And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety.
6. Jeuel] In Nehemiah xi. 5 the “sons of Zerah” are missing.
six hundred and ninety] Compare Nehemiah xi. 6 (four hundred threescore and eight sons of Perez) where Perez may be an error for Zerah.
7–9 (compare Nehemiah xi. 7–9).
The Sons of Benjamin.
⁷And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah;
7. Sallu] His genealogy is differently stated in Nehemiah xi. 7, but see next note.
the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah] Read perhaps Judah, the son of Hassenuah (compare Nehemiah xi. 9). Hodaviah and Judah could easily be confused in Hebrew.
⁸and Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;