Cross Reference 1 CHRONICLES 6:28 AND THE SONS OF SAMUEL THE FIRSTBORN VASHNI AND ABIAH

{1 Chronicles 6:28} And the sons 1121 of Samuel; 8050 the firstborn 1060 Vashni, 2059 and Abiah. 29

firstborn:
"Now the sonsª of Reubenª the firstbornª of Israel,ª (for¹ he¹ [was] the firstborn;ª but, forasmuch as he defiledª ° his father'sª bed,ª his birthrightª was givenª ° unto the sonsª of Josephª the sonª of Israel:ª and the genealogy is not to be reckonedª °¹ after the birthright.ª" {1Ch 5:1} + "Only¹ the firstlingª of the beasts,ª which¹ should be the LORD'Sª firstling,ª ° no¹ manª shall sanctifyª ° it; whether¹ [it be] ox,ª or¹ sheep:ª it¹ [is] the LORD'S.ª" {Lev 27:26} + "And blessedª ° be the most highª God,ª which¹ hath deliveredª ° thine enemiesª into thy hand.ª And he gaveª ° him tithesª of all.¹ ¹" {Gen 14:20}; Here there is an ellipsis of the name of the firstborn, which the margin correctly supplies as Joel. The word Vashni when otherwise pointed means "second," so that the verse more properly reads "And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn (Joel) and the second Abiah."

Vashni:
i.e. Jah is strong; wherefore, sleep thou; changed; my year; second; liberal gift of the Lord, [Strong's H2059]. It appears that the Joel is here lost out of the text; and that washni, which signifies "and the second," and which refers to Abiah, is made into a proper name. The Syriac and Arabic read as in Samuel. The marginal references contain the variation in the names given to the same persons, in different parts of sacred history, as far as it can be ascertained; and nearly the whole, that is at present known concerning them, may be learned by carefully consulting them. "And these¹ [are] they that waitedª ° with their children.ª Of the sonsª ¹ of the Kohathites:ª Hemanª a singer,ª ° the sonª of Joel,ª the sonª of Shemuel,ª" {1Ch 6:33} + "Now the nameª of his firstbornª ² was¹ Joel;ª and the nameª of his second,ª Abiah:ª [they were] judgesª ° in Beersheba.ª" {1Sm 8:2}, Joel