¹²The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anathothite, of the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
12. Abiezer the Anathothite] Compare xi. 28.
¹³The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zerahites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
13. Maharai the Netophathite] Compare xi. 30.
¹⁴The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
14. Benaiah the Pirathonite] Compare xi. 31.
¹⁵The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai[¹] the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
[¹] In chapter xi. 30, Heled.
15. Heldai] Called Heled in xi. 30.
of Othniel] compare Judges i. 13, iii. 9. Thus Heldai was not of pure Israelite descent, but belonged to the Kenizzites (Kenaz), a younger branch of the Calebites, an independent tribe which settled primarily in southern Judah and was later incorporated in the tribe of Judah. Genealogically this fact was expressed by calling Caleb a son of Hezron, the son of Judah. See the article Caleb in Encyclopedia Britannica¹¹.