Discovery Box1 Chronicles 6:22-28 
ContextHis son Amminadab, his son Korah, his son Assir, 6:23 his son Elkanah, his son Ebiasaph, his son Assir, 6:24 his son Tahath, his son Uriel, his son Uzziah, and his son Shaul.
6:25 The sons of Elkanah:
Amasai, Ahimoth, 2 6:26 his son Elkanah, 3 his son Zophai, his son Nahath, 6:27 his son Eliab, his son Jeroham, and his son Elkanah. 4
6:28 The sons of Samuel:
Joel the firstborn 5 and Abijah the second oldest.
1 tn Or perhaps, “descendants,” since the list differs from the one in v. 18.
2 tn Heb “and Achimoth.”
3 tc The consonantal Hebrew text (Kethib) has, “Elkanah, his son, Elkanah.” The marginal reading (Qere) is “Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah.” The text probably originally read simply, “Elkanah his son.”
4 tc After the last named individual (“Elkanah” in v. 27) some LXX
5 tc The Hebrew text lacks the name יוֹאֵל (yo’el, “Joel”), which has probably dropped out due to homoioteleuton (note the last three letters of the preceding name שְׁמוּאֵל (shÿmuel, “Samuel”).
