The chronicler here omits the verse Nehemiah 11:16, after which follows, “And Mattaniah son of Micha son of Zabdi son of Asaph, the leader of praise, who used to give thanks after the prayer; and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda son of Shammua, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun.”
Bakbakkar and Bakbukiah are clearly variants of the same name, the latter being probably right.
Heresh, and Galal are omitted in Nehemiah 11
Zichri here is doubtless “Zabdi” there: a confusion of similar letters, k, b, r, d.
Obadiah the son of Shemaiah is the same as “Abda son of Shammua.”
Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah. — Unmentioned in Nehemiah 11 As the name Elkanah appears in the pedigree of Heman (1 Chronicles 6:34), it is supposed that Berechiah represents the Hemanite guild, which is otherwise conspicuous here by its omission. Perhaps “son of Heman” has dropped out of the text, as there are two names between Mattaniah and Asaph, Obadiah and Jeduthun. It thus appears that 1 Chronicles 9:15-16 are concerned with the Levitieal choirs; comp. 1 Chronicles 9:33.
Villages of the Netophathites. — Netophah was near Bethlehem (Nehemiah 7:26; 1 Chronicles 2:54).