The discrepancy between the numbers here and in Nehemiah 11:8 may arise from a corruption of the text, as is also the case in [Reference 1 Chronicl…

And their brethren, according to their generations, nine
hundred and fifty and six
Wh…

This chapter expresses that one end of recording all these genealogies was to direct the Jews, when they returned from captivity, with whom to unit…