The sons of Kohath, Amminadab,.... The same with Izhar, 1-Chronicles 6:2 the posterity of his brethren, Amram, Hebron, and Uzziel, are omitted; and his genealogy is carried to a considerable length, for the sake of Samuel the prophet, who sprang from him: it stands thus, Korah, Assir, Elkanah, Ebiasaph, Assir, Tahath, Uriel, called Zephaniah, 1-Chronicles 6:36 Uzziah, the same with Azariah, 1-Chronicles 6:36. Shaul, whose name is Joel, 1-Chronicles 6:36 then through the sons of Elkanah, before mentioned, Amasai, Ahimoth, called Mahath, 1-Chronicles 6:35 another Elkanah, Zophai, or Zuph, 1-Chronicles 6:35. Nahath, the same with Toah, 1-Chronicles 6:34 and Tohu, 1-Samuel 1:1, Eliab, called Eliel, 1-Chronicles 6:34, and Elihu, 1-Samuel 1:1, Jeroham, another Elkanah, the father of Samuel the prophet, whose firstborn was Vashni, and whose name also was Joel, 1-Chronicles 6:33 and so here it is read in the Syriac and Arabic versions:
and his second son Abiah.