The fourth captain for the fourth month. — Heb., the fourth, for the fourth month; an abridged mode of expression, which is preserved from this point to the end of the list.

Asahel the brother of Joab.1 Chronicles 11:26. Asahel was slain by Abner at the beginning of David’s reign (2 Samuel 2:18). The added clause, “And Zebadiah his son after him,” evidently refers to this fact. Perhaps the difficult statements about Mikloth and Ammizabad in 1 Chronicles 27:4; 1 Chronicles 27:6 were originally similar to this one about Zebadiah. The fourth division “may have been called by the name of the fallen hero in honour of his memory” (Bertheau).

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