Meshullam, and Hananiah; and Shelomith was their sister: ²⁰and Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab-hesed, five.
20. and Hashubah] Perhaps we should read “The sons of Meshullam: Hashubah.” See above.
Jushab-hesed] The name means “Mercy is restored.” Many such significant names are found in the present list, and, in general, are characteristic of the exilic and later periods.
²¹And the sons[¹] of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jeshaiah: the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shecaniah. ²²And the sons of Shecaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six.
[¹] Hebrew son.
21. and Jeshaiah ... Shecaniah] The LXX. reads (with some blunders in reproducing the names), “and Jeshaiah his son, Rephaiah his son, Arnan his son, Obadiah his son, Shecaniah his son,” thus adding five steps to the genealogy. The difference of reading in the Hebrew text thus suggested is very slight. It is quite uncertain whether the Hebrew or the reading of the LXX. is to be preferred: see the Introduction [§ 3], A 2.
²³And the sons[¹] of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hizkiah, and Azrikam, three. ²⁴And the sons of Elioenai; Hodaviah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Delaiah, and Anani, seven.
[¹] Hebrew son.
23. Elioenai] A name meaning, “Mine eyes are towards Jehovah,” compare Psalms xxv. 15; compare Jushab-hesed (verse 20) and Hodaviah (“Give thanks to Jehovah” = Hoduiah), verse 24.