John Gill Commentary 1 Chronicles 4:19

"And the sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite." — 1 Chronicles 4:19 (ASV)

And the sons of his wife Hodiah
Another wife of Mered. Hillerus ^F3 takes her to be the same with Jehudijah, (1 Chronicles 4:18) , though some ^F4 take Hodiah to be the name of a man, and read the words, "and the sons of the wife of Hodiah"; which wife of Hodiah was

the sister of Naham ;
or rather Achotnaham, we render the sister of Naham, is the name of the first son of Hodiah, as some think ^F5 :

the father of Keilah the Garmite ;
prince of the city of Keilah, in the tribe of Judah, (Joshua 15:44) who sprung from the family of Garmi:

and Eshtemoa the Maachathite ;
the father or prince of the inhabitants of Eshtemoa, another city in the same tribe, see (1 Chronicles 4:17) who sprung from Maachah, see (1 Chronicles 2:48) .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F3: Onomastic. Sacr. p. 836.
• F4: Michaelis in loc.
• F5: Beckii Not. in Targ. 1 Chron. iv. 19.