14–16 (compare Nehemiah xi. 15–18).
The Levites.
¹⁴And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;
14. of the sons of Merari] In Nehemiah the sons of Bunni, which is probably a corruption of the reading of Chronicles Otherwise of the three great Levitical families, Merari, Asaph, and Jeduthun, mentioned here, only the last two appear in Nehemiah.
¹⁵and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zichri[¹], the son of Asaph;
[¹] In Nehemiah xi. 17, Zabdi.
15. Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal] The reading appears to be corrupt, for the analogy of the latter half of the verse as well as of verses 14, 16 leads us to expect something more than bare names. Neither the LXX. nor the Vulgate gives any real help for emending the clause. The corresponding words in Nehemiah (xi. 17) are Bakbukiah the second among his brethren.
¹⁶and Obadiah[²] the son of Shemaiah[³], the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.
[²] In Nehemiah xi. 17, Abda.
[³] In Nehemiah xi. 17, Shammua.
16. Obadiah the son of Shemaiah] In Nehemiah Abda the son of Shammua. Which was the reading of the original document cannot be determined.