1 Chronicles 2:13

2:13 Jesse was the father of Eliab, his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third,

1 Chronicles 8:1

Benjamin’s Descendants (Continued)

8:1 Benjamin was the father of Bela, his firstborn; Ashbel was born second, Aharah ¹  third,

1 Chronicles 8:39

8:39 The sons of his brother Eshek:

Ulam was his firstborn, Jeush second, and Eliphelet third.

1 Chronicles 2:42

More of Caleb’s Descendants

2:42 The sons of Caleb, Jerahmeel’s brother:

His firstborn Mesha, the father of Ziph, and his second son Mareshah, ²  the father of Hebron.

1 Chronicles 8:38

8:38 Azel had six sons: Azrikam his firstborn, ³  followed by Ishmael, Sheariah, ⁴  Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.

1 Chronicles 9:44

9:44 Azel had six sons: Azrikam his firstborn, ⁵  followed by Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. These were the sons of Azel.

[8:1]  ¹ sn Aharah is called “Ahiram” in Num 26:38.

[2:42]  ¹ tc Heb “and the sons of Mareshah,” but this does not fit contextually. Perhaps the text originally had וּבְנוֹ מִשְׁנֶה מָרֵשָׁה (uvÿno mishneh mareshah, “and his second son, Mareshah”), with מִשְׁנֶה (“second”) later accidentally falling out by homoioteleuton (cf. the note in BHS here).

[8:38]  ¹ tc The Hebrew text has בֹּכְרוּ (bokhÿru), which some understand as a name: “Bocheru” (so, e.g., NEB, NASB, NIV, NRSV). But the form should probably be revocalized בְּכֹרוֹ (bÿkhoru, “his firstborn”). A name has accidentally dropped from the list, and a scribe apparently read בֹּכְרוּ as one of the names.

[8:38]  ² tc The Lucianic recension of the LXX inserts another name here, καὶ Ἀζαριας (kai Azarias, “and Azariah”), presumably to make up the six sons mentioned at the beginning of the verse (see the previous tc note on “firstborn”). Cf. NAB.

[9:44]  ¹ tc The Hebrew text has בֹּכְרוּ (bokhÿru), which some understand as a name: “Bocheru” (so, e.g., NEB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT). But the form should probably be revocalized בְֹּכרוֹ (bÿkhoro, “his firstborn”). A name has accidentally dropped from the list, and a scribe apparently read בֹּכְרוּ as one of the names. Cf. also 1 Chr 8:38.