⁹The sixth _captain_ for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. =9.= _Ira_] compare xi. 28. ¹⁰The seventh _captain_ for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. =10.= _Helez the Pelonite_] Compare xi. 27, note. ¹¹The eighth _captain_ for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zerahites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. =11.= _Sibbecai the Hushathite_] Compare xi. 29, notes. _Zerahites_] (also verse 13). Descendants of Zerah, son of Judah; ii. 4. ¹²The ninth _captain_ for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anathothite, of the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. =12.= _Abiezer the Anathothite_] Compare xi. 28. ¹³The tenth _captain_ for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zerahites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. =13.= _Maharai the Netophathite_] Compare xi. 30. ¹⁴The eleventh _captain_ for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. =14.= _Benaiah the Pirathonite_] Compare xi. 31. ¹⁵The twelfth _captain_ for the twelfth month was Heldai¹ the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. ¹ In chapter xi. 30, _Heled_. =15.= _Heldai_] Called _Heled_ in xi. 30. _of Othniel_] compare Judges i. 13, iii. 9. Thus Heldai was not of pure Israelite descent, but belonged to the Kenizzites (Kenaz), a younger branch of the Calebites, an independent tribe which settled primarily in southern Judah and was later incorporated in the tribe of Judah. Genealogically this fact was expressed by calling Caleb a son of Hezron, the son of Judah. See the article _Caleb_ in _Encyclopedia Britannica_¹¹. =16‒24.= THE PRINCES OF THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL. Six tribes which were accounted “sons” of Leah are given first, then six “sons,” actual or legal, of Rachel; whilst Zadok as chief of the priestly caste may be reckoned as standing in a category by himself, representative of the nation as a whole. Gad and Asher are omitted, for some reason not easy to discern, perhaps accidentally or because the traditional number of “twelve” tribes was complete in this list without them. ¹⁶Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri the ruler: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maacah: ¹⁷of Levi, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of Aaron, Zadok: =17.= _Hashabiah_] Perhaps the person mentioned in xxvi. 30. The name is common among Levites. _of Aaron, Zadok_] compare xii. 27, 28.