Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 26:7
The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren [were] strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah.
7. whose brethren ] The pronoun refers to Elzabad.
strong men ] R.V. valiant men (and so in 1Ch 26:9; cp. 2Ch 26:17).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The sons of Shemaiah,…. The same before mentioned, the firstborn of Obededom:
Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, and Elzabad, whose brethren were strong men; Elihu and Semachiah; which may rather denote their valour and courage, as before, though strength of body was needful, particularly to open and shut the doors of the temple, which, Josephus r says, required the assistance of twenty men.
r Contr. Apion. l. 2. sect. 9.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(7) And Obed, Elzabad.This is probably corrupt, as the conjunction, which is used with the preceding names, is wanting between Obed and Elzabad. Probably Obed-Elzabad is a corruption of some single name, perhaps Obed-el: (comp. the Syriac and Arabic, Ubdl and Ufdlu), or Abdiel (1Ch. 5:15; Syriac, Abdl; Arabic, Afdlu); see Note on 1Ch. 26:12. (Those two versions, however, give six names, while the LXX. gives eight.)
Whose brethren were strong men.The Hebrew has his brethren. The conjunction appears to be missing again. Read: And his brethren, sons of strength, Elihu and Semachiah.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Reciprocal: 1Ch 9:19 – keepers of the entry