1 Chronicles 27:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of David. — The LXX. reads “Eliab.” Eliab was David’s eldest brother (1 Chronicles 2:13). He, therefore, was tribal prince by right of the firstborn, assuming that the house of Jesse was the leading family of Judah. (See Ruth 4:17-20.)

Omri the son of Michael. — Omri was, perhaps, an ancestor of the successful adventurer who founded the dynasty of Ahab (1 Kings 16:16; Micah 6:16).

1 Chronicles 27:18

18 Of Judah, Elihu,d one of the brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael: