[²] In verse 20, Shubael.
4. Heman] See xv. 17, note.
Uzziel] In verse 18, “Azarel.” The variation between the two words when written with Hebrew consonants is small. Compare note on 2 Chronicles xxvi. 1 (“Uzziah” and “Azariah”).
Shebuel] In verse 20, “Shubael.”
Jerimoth] In verse 22, “Jeremoth.”
Hananiah, Hanani] Hananiah, which signifies “Jehovah (Jah) is gracious,” and Hanani (probably a contraction of Hananiah) are names found not infrequently in the Old Testament; but the following seven words are practically impossible as proper names, and the nine words together, with some easy alterations, actually form a poetical petition, which may be rendered thus:
“Be gracious unto me, O God; be gracious unto me!
Thou art my God.
Thou hast magnified and exalted help for him that sat in distress.
Thou hast given visions abundantly.”