Charles Ellicott Commentary


Charles Ellicott Commentary
"And the sons of Elioenai: Hodaviah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Delaiah, and Anani, seven." — 1 Chronicles 3:24 (ASV)
The sons of Elioenai ... Hodaiah. These sons of Elioenai are the sixth generation from Zerubbabel (536-515 B.C.), that is to say, they were living about 345 B.C., under Artaxerxes Ochus. If the reading of the Septuagint in 1 Chronicles 3:21 is correct, their date is four generations later, or about 225 B.C. The result is to bring down the date of the chronicle a century later than the best critics approve. (See Introduction.)