28And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.
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And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,
Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-30)The priests and Levites were more concerned than any other Israelites to preserve their pedigree clear and to be able to prove it, because all the honours and privileges of their office depended upon their descent. And we read of those who, though perhaps they really were children of the priests, yet, because they could not find the register of their genealogies, nor make out their descent by any…
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