And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen, &c.] He had seven sons, ( 1 Chronicles 26:1-3 ) and therefore must have eleven brethren or kinsmen.
7
The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, and Elzabad, whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah.
8
All these were of the sons of Obededom; they and their sons and their brethren, able men with strength for the service were threescore and two of Obededom.
9
And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen.
10
Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief),
11
Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth; all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.
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