Charles Ellicott Commentary 1 Chronicles 15:18

"and with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the doorkeepers." — 1 Chronicles 15:18 (ASV)

And with them their brethren of the second degree. —So 1 Chronicles 16:5: “Asaph the leader, and his second Zechariah.” Fourteen minstrels of the second rank—that is, subordinate to the first three—are named here.

Ben (son) is not a proper name. Zechariah’s father’s name may have fallen out after it (compare the Syriac and Arabic: “Zechariah son of Ne’ael”), or it may be due to a scribe’s inadvertence. The Septuagint omits it.

Shemiramoth. —This peculiar name resembles the Assyrian Sammurramat, the classical Semiramis. Delitzsch suggests that it is a compound of sammîm (“spices”) and râ’imat (“loving”): a suitable name for a woman, and actually borne by a lady of the court of Rammân-nirâri (B.C. 812), king of Assyria.

Jaaziel. —Called Jeiel by mistake in 1 Chronicles 16:5.

And Jeiel. —The Septuagint adds, “and Azaziah” (Ozias). (Compare 1 Chronicles 15:21.) Perhaps this should be read, and “the porters” omitted. (See 1 Chronicles 15:24.)