John Gill Commentary 1 Chronicles 4:22

"and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem. And the records are ancient." — 1 Chronicles 4:22 (ASV)

And Jokim
The Vulgate Latin version is,

and he that made the sun to stand :
as if Joshua was meant; and in the Talmud it is ^F7 said Jokim, this is Joshua, who confirmed the oath to the Gibeonites; and the Targum here is, "and the prophets of the scribes that sprang from the posterity of Joshua;" but Joshua was of the tribe of Ephraim, and not of Judah; though some interpret it of Elimelech, as Lyra observes ^F8 , of whom the fable is, that the sun stood still at his prayers, as it did in Joshua's time, to convert the men of Bethlehem; but Jokim is no doubt the proper name of some famous man or family that descended from Shelah:

and the men of Chozeba :
which signifies a lie; and the Targum interprets it of the Gibeonites, who lied to Joshua; but those were Canaanites, and not of the posterity of Shelah, and tribe of Judah; Chezib, or Achzib, a city in the tribe of Judah, very probably is meant, as Kimchi, the very place where Shelah was born, (Genesis 38:5) and where dwelt some of his posterity:

and Joash and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab ;
some render the word, "which married in Moab"; and so the Targum interprets it of Mahlon and Chilion, who took wives of the daughters of Moab; but rather it is to be understood of some who were governors in Moab in the times of David, when Moab was subdued by him, (2 Samuel 8:2) or however were such, who, at one time or another, made war with Moab, and overcame them:

and Jashubilehem :
which the Targumist understands of Boaz, prince of the wise men of the school of Bethlehem, and the Talmudists ^F9 of Ruth, that dwelt in Bethlehem; and may be interpreted of some of the inhabitants of that place which sprang from Shelah; or rather is the name of a single man, famous in his time, though not now known:

and these are ancient things ;
an account of persons that lived in ancient times, and which the writer of this book gives not on his own knowledge, but by tradition, or rather by inspiration.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F7: T. Bab. Bava Bathra, fol. 91. 2.
• F8: So Heb. in Hieron. Trad. Heb. in Paralip. fol. 81. M.
• F9: Ut supra. (T. Bab. Bava Bathra, fol. 91. 2.)