Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 24:26
The sons of Merari [were] Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah; Beno.
26. The sons of Merari ] In 1Ch 23:21 only two families of Merari are mentioned, viz., Mahli and Mushi. Here however a third family “the sons of Jaaziah” is mentioned. Probably the fuller text is right.
Beno ] Translate “his son”; the word describes Jaaziah as son of Merari; cp. 1Ch 24:27.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The sons of Jaaziah, Beno – Beno is not really a name. It is the Hebrew for his son, and is to be attached to Jaaziah. Translate 1Ch 24:27, and the sons of Merari by Jaaziah his son (were) Shoham and Zaccur, and Ibri. The meaning of the whole passage 1Ch 24:26-30 seems to be that there were three branches of the Merarites the Beni-Mahli, the Beni-Mushi, and the Beni-Jaaziah.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 26. The sons of Merari] It is remarkable that not a word is here spoken of the family of Gershom.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Jaaziah; the son either of Mahli; or rather, of Mushi last named; for Mahlis posterity comes 1Ch 23:28.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
[See comments on 2Ch 24:20]
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(26) The sons of Merari.1Ch. 24:26-30 : the Merarite heads. (Comp. 1Ch. 23:21-23.)
The sons of Jaaziah; Beno.Beno is the Hebrew for his son, and can hardly be a proper name. The clause should be connected immediately with what follows in 1Ch. 24:27, and the whole translated thus: The sons of Jaaziah his sonthat is, sons of Merari belonging to Jaaziah his sonwere Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri.
Jaaziah appears as a third son of Merari, not mentioned elsewhere. (See Note on 1Ch. 23:23.) If the Hebrew text is substantially sound, it is implied that there existed in the days of David a group of Merarite houses calling themselves sons of Jaaziah.
The construction here suggested involves the rejection of the conjunction before Shoham in 1Ch. 24:27, and the removal of the paragraphic sign at the beginning of the verse.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
26. The sons of Jaaziah This Jaaziah is not to be regarded as a third son of Merari, of the same generation with Mahli and Mushi, but probably a younger descendant, selected by lot to complete the list of twenty-four principal assistants of the priests. The word Beno in this verse and the next is not a proper name, but simply the Hebrew for his son, and should have been so translated.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Beno = his son; Jaaziah being a third son of Merari.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Reciprocal: 1Ch 6:19 – Mahli 1Ch 23:21 – Merari