And the sons of Ezra [were], Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
Ver. 17. And the sons of Ezra.] Not that learned scribe, Ezr 7:1 - there is a difference in the last letter of their names - but the son, as it seems, of Asareel.
And she bare,] i.e., Bithiah 1Ch 4:18 bare.
Miriam.] The name of a man in this place.