The sons of Eshek his brother …: Verses 39-40 have no parallel in chapter 9. Some interpreters think that these verses were originally unrelated to the preceding verses. If so, then the pronoun his has no clear referent. However, in the context of the text as we now have it, his brother must mean “Azel’s brother” (Good News Translation, New Living Translation, New Century Version, La Bible du Semeur, Die Bibel im heutigen Deutsch, Parola Del Signore: La Bibbia in Lingua Corrente).

Ulam his first-born, Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third: The Hebrew clearly states that these sons of Eshek are listed in order of birth. Good News Translation leaves this information untranslated, but it should be clear in the translation. Another person named Ulam, from the tribe of Manasseh, was named in 1 Chr 7.16. Five persons in the Old Testament bear the name Jeush, and the other four are mentioned in 1–2 Chronicles (1 Chr 1.35; 7.10; 23.10; 2 Chr 11.19).

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 .