Magdi-el is mentioned by the Christian historian Eusebius in the early fourth century A.D. as a place name, so some interpreters regard this as a place name rather than a person’s name.

Iram: Nothing more is known regarding this chief.

These are the chiefs of Edom: Good News Translation leaves out the repetition of this information given in verse 51. But in languages where such repetition is not considered unnatural, this statement may be retained in translation. The Hebrew has no verb in this clause. A better translation may be “these were the chiefs of Edom” (similarly Knoppers).

Quoted with permission from Omanson, Roger L. and Ellington, John E. A Handbook on 1-2 Chronicles, Volume 1. (UBS Helps for Translators). Miami: UBS, 2014. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .