John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 4:19
And the sons of his wife Hodiah ,.... Another wife of Mered. Hillerus F3 Onomastic. Sacr. p. 836. takes her to be the same with Jehudijah, 1 Chronicles 4:18 , though some F4 Michaelis in loc. take Hodiah to be the name of a man, and read the words, "and the sons of the wife of Hodiah"; which wife of Hodiah was the sister of Naham ; or rather Achotnaham, we render the sister of Naham, is the name of the first son of Hodiah, as some think F5 Beckii Not. in Targ. 1 Chron.... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 4:11-23
We may observe in these verses, 1. That here is a whole family of craftsmen, handicraft tradesmen, that applied themselves to all sorts of manufactures, in which they were ingenious and industrious above their neighbours, 1 Chron. 4:14. There was a valley where they lived which was, from them, called the valley of craftsmen. Those that are craftsmen are not therefore to be looked upon as mean men. These craftsmen, though two of a trade often disagree, yet chose to live together, for the... read more