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Hachmoni, Son of the Hachmonite

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(1 Chronicles 27:32; 1 Chronicles 11:11). The former is the correct rendering; the Hebrew in both passages is the same. In 2 Samuel 23:8 "the Tachmonite" names, in Chronicles given with "son of" (ben), are given without it, but with the definite article. Hachmonite was founder of a family; for the actual father of Jashobeam (a Korhite) was Zabdiel (1 Chronicles 27:2; 1 Chronicles 12:6).