Zalmon the Ahohite,.... The same with Ilai, 1-Chronicles 11:29; a descendant of Ahoah, a grandson of Benjamin, 1-Chronicles 8:4,
Maharai the Netophathite, who was of Netophah, a city of the tribe of Judah, mentioned along with Bethlehem, Nehemiah 7:26; a place of this name is spoken of in the Misnah (o), famous for artichokes and olives.
(o) Misn. Peah, c. 7. sect. 1. Sheviith, c. 9. sect. 5.

Zalmon the Ahohite, i.e., sprung from the Benjaminite family of Ahoah, is not further known. Instead of Zalmon we find Ilai in the Chronicles (2-Samuel 23:29); but which of the two names is the correct one it is impossible to decide. Maharai of Netophah: according to Ezra 2:22 and Nehemiah 7:26, Netophah was a place in the neighbourhood of Bethlehem, but it has not yet been discovered, as Beit Nattif, which might be thought of, is too far from Bethlehem (vid., Rob. Pal. ii. p. 344, and Tobler, Dritte Wanderung, pp. 117-8). According to 1-Chronicles 27:13, Maharai belonged to the Judahite family of Serah, and was chief of the tenth division of the army.