And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal.
And the sons of Helem his brother: Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal.
And son of Helem his brother: Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal.
And the sons of his brother Helem: Zophah, and Jimna, and Shelesh, and Amal.
1 Chronicles — A post-exilic retelling of Israel's story through the Davidic line — genealogies from Adam to Saul, then David's reign reframed around temple preparation. The priestly history that answers the exile's question: what does it mean to return?
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And the sons of his brother Helem,.... Or Helem his brother, that is, the brother of Shomer, who, according to Hillerus (n), is Hotham, 1Ch 7:32. Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Aram; nowhere else mentioned. (n) Onomastic. Sacr. p. 551.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dan. Why they only should be omitted we can assign no reason; only it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan that idolatry began in that colony of the Danites which fixed in Laish, and called Dan, and there one of the golden calves was set up by Jeroboam.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
