of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem; 27[1]Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the [2]Pelonite; 28Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite; 29[3]Sibbecai the Hushathite, [4]Ilai the Ahohite; 30Maharai the Netophathite, [5]Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite; 31Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin, Benaiah
Elhanan] Called here (= 2 Sam. xxiii. 24) "son of Dodo," but perhaps to be identified with "Elhanan the son of Jair" of xx. 5 (= 2 Sam. xxi. 19, where Jaare-oregim is an error for Jair [see Driver, Samuel2, ad loc.])·
27. the Harorite] Read, the Harodite (so Sam.). Cp. Judg. vi. 23, vii. 1, whence it appears that Harod was in (or near) the valley of Jezreel. Cp. also 1 Chr. xxvii. 8 ("Shamhuth the Izrahite"), where the same person seems to be meant. "Elika the Harodite" (Sam.) is not found in Chron.
Helez the Pelonite] Cp. xxvii. 10, where he is described as a captain of the children of Ephraim. In 2 Sam. xxiii. 26 however it is Helez the Paltite, i.e. (apparently) "the inhabitant of Beth-pelet" in the south of Judah (Josh. xv. 27).
28. Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite] Cp. xxvii. 9. For Tekoa see 2 Chr. xx. 20, note.
Abiezer the Anathothite] xxvii. 12 and 2 Sam. xxiii. 27. Anathoth was in Benjamin; it was Jeremiah's village (Jer. i. 1, xi. 21 ff.), now Anāta, 2-1/2 miles N.N.E. of Jerusalem.
29. Sibbecai] So xxvii. 11, but in 2 Sam. xxiii. 27 "Mebunnai."
the Hushathite] Hushah is probably the name of some place near Beth-lehem (iv. 4). Shuah (ib. ver. 11) may be another form of the name.
Ilai] In 2 Sam. xxiii. 28 "Zalmon." The two words are perhaps only various readings of the name which originally appeared in the list.
the Ahohite] He was of a Benjamite family; viii. 4 ("Ahoah").
30. Maharai the Netophathite] So in xxvii. 13, with "of the Zerahites" (R.V.) added. A Netophathite might come either from Netophah (a village in Judah not far from Beth-lehem), or from the "villages of the Netophathites" (ix. 16, note).
Heled] In xxvii. 15 "Heldai," a name found in Zech. iv. 10. "Heleb" in 2 Sam. xxiii. 29 is probably a wrong reading.
31. Ithai] In 2 Sam. xxiii. 29 "Ittai," the same name as in 2 Sam. xv. 19, xviii. 2, but a different person is meant.
Benaiah the Pirathonite] So in xxvii. 14; 2 Sam. xxiii. 30. Pirathon was a town in Ephraim; Judg. xii. 15. Probably the place is mentioned also in 1 Macc. ix. 50 (τὴν θαμνάθα Φαραθών).
