The fifth captain for the fifth month. — Rather, the fifth, for the fifth month, was the captain Shamhuth. Shamhuth is called “Shammoth the Harorite” in 1 Chronicles 11:27, and “Shammah the Harodite” in 2 Samuel 23:25.
The Izrahite. — Heb., ha-yizráh, which is probably a mistake for ha-zarhî, “the Zarhite” (comp. 1 Chronicles 27:11; 1 Chronicles 27:13), i.e., a member of the Judean clan called Zerah. Harod was his town.