Ver. 22-28.
The sons of Kohath, Amminadab The same with Izhar, (
1 Chronicles 6:2 1 Chronicles 6:18 1 Chronicles 6:38 ) the posterity of his brethren, Amram, Hebron, and Uzziel, are omitted; and his genealogy is carried to a considerable length, for the sake of Samuel the prophet, who sprang from him: it stands thus, Korah, Assir, Elkanah, Ebiasaph, Assir, Tahath, Uriel, called Zephaniah, (
1 Chronicles 6:36 ) Uzziah, the same with Azariah, (
1 Chronicles 6:36 ) . Shaul, whose name is Joel, (
1 Chronicles 6:36 ) then through the sons of Elkanah, before mentioned, Amasai, Ahimoth, called Mahath, (
1 Chronicles 6:35 ) another Elkanah, Zophai, or Zuph, (
1 Chronicles 6:35 ) . Nahath, the same with Toah, (
1 Chronicles 6:34 ) and Tohu, (
1 Samuel 1:1 ) , Eliab, called Eliel, (
1 Chronicles 6:34 ) , and Elihu, (
1 Samuel 1:1 ) , Jeroham, another Elkanah, the father of Samuel the prophet, whose firstborn was Vashni, and whose name also was Joel, (
1 Chronicles 6:33 ) (
1 Samuel 8:2 ) and so here it is read in the Syriac and Arabic versions:
and his second son Abiah.