²¹Of Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, Isshiah the chief.
21. Of Rahabiah] He (like Shubael) was descended from Moses; xxiii. 15–17.
²²Of the Izharites, Shelomoth[¹]; of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath.
[¹] In chapter xxiii. 18, Shelomith.
22. Shelomoth] Called “Shelomith” in xxiii. 18.
²³And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth. ²⁴The sons of Uzziel, Micah; of the sons of Micah, Shamir. ²⁵The brother of Micah, Isshiah: of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah.
23. And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the chief] The words of Hebron and the chief which are printed in italics in the text above have been omitted in the Hebrew by some error of transmission. They are rightly restored in accordance with xxiii. 19.
²⁶The sons of Merari; Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah; Beno. ²⁷The sons of Merari; of Jaaziah, Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri.
26. The sons of Merari] In xxiii. 21 only two families of Merari are mentioned, viz., Mahli and Mushi. Here however a third family “the sons of Jaaziah” is mentioned. Probably the fuller text is right to this extent that there was a family tracing their ancestry to Jaaziah and claiming that this Jaaziah was of Merarite descent; but is wrong in making Jaaziah an immediate son of Merari, parallel with the famous Mahli and Mushi. Hence the following word Beno (literally his son) should probably be struck out as an erroneous gloss (see also verse 27).
of Jaaziah; Beno] Either delete Beno (see previous note) or perhaps read Bani.