And with them their brethren of the second degree. — So 1 Chronicles 16:5 : “Asaph the leader, and his second Zechariah.” Fourteen minstrels of the second rank — that is, subordinate to the first three — are named here.
Ben (son) is not a proper name. That of Zechariah’s father may have fallen out after it (comp. the Syriac and Arabic: “Zechariah son of Ne’ael”), or it may be due to a scribe’s inadvertence. The LXX. omits it.
Shemiramoth. — This peculiar name resembles the Assyrian Sammurramat, the classical Semiramis. Delitzsch suggests that it is a compound of sammîm (“spices”), and râ’imat (“loving”): a suitable name for a woman, and actually borne by a lady of the court of Rammân-nirâri (B.C. 812), king of Assyria.
Jaaziel. — Called Jeiel by mistake in 1 Chronicles 16:5.
And Jeiel. — The LXX. adds, “and Azaziah” (Ozias). (Comp. 1 Chronicles 15:21.) Perhaps this should be read, and “the porters” omitted. (See 1 Chronicles 15:24.)