³⁷and Moza begat Binea; Raphah¹ was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son: ³⁸and Azel had six sons, whose names are these; Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel. ³⁹And the sons of Eshek his brother; Ulam his firstborn, Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third. ⁴⁰And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and had many sons, and sons’ sons, an hundred and fifty. All these were of the sons of Benjamin. ¹ In chapter ix. 43, _Rephaiah_. =37.= _Raphah_] In ix. 43, _Rephaiah_. CHAPTER IX. =1‒17= (compare Nehemiah xi. 1‒19). THE HEADS OF THE FAMILIES WHICH DWELT IN JERUSALEM. Verses 2‒17 contain the lists of the heads of families of Judah (=3‒6=), of Benjamin (=7‒9=), of the priests (=10‒13=), of the Levites (= 14‒16=), and of the porters (=17=), who dwelt in Jerusalem at some period after the Return (compare note on verse 2). A similar list (with some variations which are recorded in their places in the following notes) occurs in Nehemiah xi. 3‒19. The partial agreement coupled with the partial divergence of the two lists may be explained by supposing that both are extracts independently made from the same document, and have been inserted, one in Chronicles, the other in Nehemiah, lest the peculiarities of either list should be lost. We may conclude from Nehemiah xi. 1, 2 that both lists represent the population of Jerusalem, after Nehemiah had taken measures for increasing it. Another way of accounting for the divergences in the two lists is to suppose that the present list represents the Jerusalem of a later period than the list in Nehemiah See also verse 17. ¹So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel: and Judah was carried away captive to Babylon for their transgression. =1.= _in the book of the kings of Israel_] See Introduction § 5, B (3). The LXX., however, reads “in the book of the kings of Israel _and Judah_.” With the LXX. reading, _all Israel_ must be taken as subject of the verb _was carried away_, but of course the phrase must still be taken as meaning an “Israel” = Judah. ²Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.