Obadiah the son of Shemaiah In Neh. Abda the son of Shammua. Which was the reading of the original document cannot be determined.

Jeduthun See note on 1 Chronicles 16:41.

Berechiah … the son of Elkanah Not mentioned in Neh. He probably represented the Kohathite division of the singers; cp. 1 Chronicles 6:33-38 (18 23 Heb.), where the name Elkanahoccurs several times in the genealogy of the Kohathites.

the villages of the Netophathites Cp. Nehemiah 12:28-29 (R.V.), whence it appears that these villages were close to Jerusalem. The exact site is uncertain.

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