[¹] In verse 34, Eliel.
27. Elkanah his son] add probably, Samuel his son.
²⁸And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Joel[¹], and the second Abijah.
[¹] So the Syriac. See verse 33, and 1 Samuel viii. 2. The Hebrew text has, Vashni, and Abiah.
28. the firstborn Joel, and the second Abijah] See the marginal note above. In the Hebrew text the name Joel has been accidentally omitted, and Vashni is merely a corruption of the Hebrew for and the second: an interesting example of error in textual transmission.
29, 30.
Sons of Merari.
²⁹The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son; ³⁰Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
29, 30. See notes on verses 44–47.
29. Libni and Shimei are given above (verse 17) as sons of Gershom.
31–47 (= 16–32 in the Hebrew division).
The Singers appointed by David, and their ancestry.