_six hundred and ninety_] Compare Nehemiah xi. 6 (_four hundred threescore and eight_ sons of _Perez_) where _Perez_ may be an error for _Zerah_. =7‒9= (compare Nehemiah xi. 7‒9). THE SONS OF BENJAMIN. ⁷And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah; =7.= _Sallu_] His genealogy is differently stated in Nehemiah xi. 7, but see next note. _the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah_] Read perhaps =Judah, the son of Hassenuah= (compare Nehemiah xi. 9). _Hodaviah_ and _Judah_ could easily be confused in Hebrew. ⁸and Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah; =8.= _Ibneiah, Elah, Meshullam_] Not mentioned in Nehemiah xi. ⁹and their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were heads of fathers’ _houses_ by their fathers’ houses. =9.= _nine hundred and fifty and six_] 928 in Nehemiah xi. 8. =10‒13= (compare Nehemiah xi. 10‒14). THE PRIESTS. ¹⁰And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin; =10.= _Jehoiarib_] Spelt _Joiarib_ in Nehemiah xi. 10. _Jehoiarib_ and _Jedaiah_ occur as names of the first and second courses of the priests in xxiv. 7; Nehemiah xii. 6, 19. The Maccabees were of the course of Joarib (= Jehoiarib); 1 Maccabees ii. 1. _Jachin_] The name of the twenty-first course; xxiv. 17. ¹¹and Azariah¹ the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God; ¹ In Nehemiah xi. 11, _Seraiah_. =11.= _Azariah_] In Nehemiah xi. 11, _Seraiah_. _the ruler of the house of God_] This title could perhaps be borne by the high-priest (2 Chronicles xxxi. 10, 13), but in any case it was not confined to him (2 Chronicles xxxv. 8, where several such “rulers” are mentioned; compare also Jeremiah xx. 1; Acts iv. 1). ¹²and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer; =12.= _Malchijah_] The name of the fifth course; xxiv. 9. _Maasai_] The reading of Nehemiah xi. 13 _Amashsai_ is corrupt. The form given in Chronicles is open to suspicion. Probably the true reading is lost. _Adiel_] In Nehemiah _Azareel_. _Immer_] The name of the sixteenth course; xxiv. 14. ¹³and their brethren, heads of their fathers’ houses, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.