[³] In verse 26, Zophai.
[⁴] In verse 24, Shaul, Uzziah, Uriel.
33. Heman] the guild of Heman, as the present pedigree indicates, is reckoned (with what measure of historical ground is uncertain) to be of Levitical descent and of the Kohathite family: see also Korah below, verse 37.
³⁷the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah;
37. Korah] the sons of Korah figure in the titles of various Psalms (e.g. Psalms 44–49, 84, 85) and probably represent an earlier stage in the development of choral worship of the Temple. With this Korahite guild the guild of Heman evidently was associated, though whether by a process of development or of amalgamation it is impossible to say. It is noteworthy that other references to Korah (compare Genesis xxxvi. 5; 1 Chronicles ii. 43) indicate that the clan was originally of Edomite (Calebite) blood.
³⁸the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
38. Izhar] see note on Amminadab, verse 22.
39–43.
The descent of Asaph, David’s singer, through Gershom from Levi.
³⁹And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea; ⁴⁰the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah;
39, 40. Berechiah ... Shimea ... Michael ... Baaseiah ... Malchijah] these are the five additional names inserted to lengthen the pedigree and so make Asaph contemporary with David (see head-note above).