Eliphelet] in xiv. 5 Elpelet. Eliphelet cannot be right, for it occurs again as the name of the thirteenth son in verse 8. Elpelet may be right here and Eliphelet in verse 8, for according to Hebrew custom two brothers might bear names of similar sound and significance. But both Eliphelet and Nogah, the following word, are lacking in 2 Samuel v. 15; and are probably only textual errors due to dittography.
⁸and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. ⁹All these were the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines; and Tamar was their sister.
8. Eliada] so in 2 Samuel v. 16, but in 1 Chronicles xiv. 7 Beeliada (i.e. Baaliada, “The Lord—the Baal—knows”). This seems to have been changed to Eliada (i.e. God knows), when the title Baal had come to have only heathen associations, and was accordingly repudiated by the Jews: see the note on viii. 33.
10–16.
The Line of Davidic Kings.
¹⁰And Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son; ¹¹Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son;
Two things are to be noted in this list: (1) Johanan’s name is given in verse 15, though he was never king, (2) Zedekiah’s name appears to be twice given, once among the sons of Josiah (verse 15) and again in his place according to the succession (verse 16).
10. Abijah] called Abijam in 1 Kings xiv. 31, xv. 1 ff. Abia is the Greek form of the name; Matthew i. 7 (Authorized Version).
¹²Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son; ¹³Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son; ¹⁴Amon his son, Josiah his son.
12. Azariah] This king is usually called Uzziah, compare Isaiah vi. 1; see note on 2 Chronicles xxvi. 1.
¹⁵And the sons of Josiah; the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.