=17.= _Libni and Shimei_] Exodus vi. 17; _Libni_ is called _Ladan_ in xxiii. 7, xxvi. 21, and is to be connected with the Judean town _Libnah_. ¹⁸And the sons of Kohath were Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. =18.= _Amram_] through whom the line of high-priests is traced above, verse 2 ff. ¹⁹The sons of Merari; Mahli and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ _houses_. =19.= _Mahli and Mushi_] xxiii. 21, xxiv. 26; Exodus vi. 19. Mushi is probably a derivative of Moses. For discussion of this point and of other evidence (compare verses 16, 17) indicating a relationship between the Levites and clans from south Judah, see _Encyclopedia Britannica_¹¹, s.v. _Levites_, vol. xvi. p. 513. =20, 21.= A PEDIGREE FROM GERSHOM. ²⁰Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son; ²¹Joah¹ his son, Iddo² his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai³ his son. ¹ In verse 42, _Ethan_. ² In verse 41, _Adaiah_. ³ In verse 41, _Ethni_. =20, 21.= See notes on verses 39‒43. =22‒28.= THE SONS OF KOHATH TO SAMUEL. =22‒28.= See notes on verses 33‒38. ²²The sons of Kohath; Amminadab¹ his son, Korah his son, Assir his son; ¹ In verse 2, 18, 38, _Izhar_. =22.= _Amminadab_] In Exodus vi. 23, the father-in-law of Aaron. Perhaps an error here for _Izhar_ (LXX.ᴬ), through whom the line is traced in verse 38, as in Numbers xvi. 1. ²³Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son; =23.= _Assir his son; Elkanah_] perhaps redundant here, or omitted in verse 37, where Ebiasaph is the son of Korah. ²⁴Tahath his son, Uriel¹ his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son. ²⁵And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth. ¹ In verse 36, _Zephaniah_, _Azariah_, _Joel_. =24.= _Shaul_] apparently corresponds with Joel, verse 36. The difference in Hebrew is slight, and might easily arise in transcription. Shaul is to be taken as father of Elkanah (compare verse 36), although the connection is strangely omitted. ²⁶As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai¹ his son, and Nahath² his son; ¹ In verse 35, _Zuph_. ² In verse 34, _Toah_. =26.= _As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son_] Read simply, following LXX., =Elkanah his son; Zophai his son=. _Zophai_] From _Zophai_ to Samuel’s sons the list can be compared not only with verses 33‒35 but with 1 Samuel i. 1 and with viii. 2. Such differences as appear in corresponding names are doubtless due to transcriptional errors. ²⁷Eliab¹ his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. 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_.