1 Chronicles 7:12

“Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, etc.] The same with Iri, (<130707>1 Chronicles 7:7) so that these were not sons of Benjamin, as they seem to be, if they are the same with Muppim and Huppim in (<014621>Genesis 46:21) but his great-grandchildren, and are the same with Shupham and Hupham, from whom families of the tribe of Benjamin sprung, (<042639>Numbers 26:39) the Targum calls them the inhabitants of a city, but of what is not said, unless Geba should be meant, (<130806>1 Chronicles 8:6) and Hushim, the sons of Aher: either the same with Aharah, the third son of Benjamin, (<130801>1 Chronicles 8:1) or Ahiram, (<042638>Numbers 26:38), though some read the words, “the sons of…”

“Shuppim also, and Huppim--They are called Muppim and Huppim (Gen 46:21) and Hupham and Shupham (Num 26:39). They were the children of Ir, or Iri (Ch1 7:7). and Hushim, the sons--"son." of Aher--"Aher" signifies "another," and some eminent critics, taking "Aher" as a common noun, render the passage thus, "and Hushim, another son." Shuppim, Muppim, and Hushim are plural words, and therefore denote not individuals, but the heads of their respective families; and as they were not comprised in the above enumeration (Ch1 7:7, Ch1 7:9) they are inserted here in the form of an appendix. Some render the passage, "Hushim, the son of another," that is, tribe or family. The name occurs among the sons of…”

“7:12 The Hebrew text of this verse appears to have been disrupted (something was apparently lost during scribal copying) because no introduction is given for either Ir or Hushim. The names Shuppim and Huppim have parallels in the tribe of Benjamin (8:8, 11; Gen 46:21; Num 26:39). If the Hebrew text was in fact damaged, Hushim might be a descendant of Dan (cp. Gen 46:23; Num 26:42).”

“Shuppim: Ch1 7:15; Gen 46:21, Muppim Huppim: Num 26:39, Shupham, Hupham Ir: Ch1 7:7, Iri Aher: Aher signifies another, and it has been conjectured that these were Danites, "the sons of another tribe;" especially as Hushim is named as the only son of Dan, Gen 46:23. And they suppose that the name of Dan was not mentioned, because his descendants first established idolatry. But Zebulun, as well as Dan, is here omitted, perhaps because none of either of these tribes returned at first from Babylon. Though the Benjamites had been almost destroyed in the first days of the judges, they soon became numerous and powerful. Num 26:38, Ahiram 1 Chronicles 7:13”

“Ch1 7:12 is unintelligible to us. The first half, "And Shuppim and Huppim, sons of Ir," would seem, if we may judge from the ו cop., to enumerate some other descendants of Benjamin. And besides, (1) the names וחפּים מפּים occur in Gen 46:21 among those of the sons of Benjamin, and in Num 26:39, among the families of Benjamin, one called שׁוּפמי from שׁפוּפם, and another חוּפמי from חוּפם, are introduced; we must consequently hold מפּים to be an error for שׁפם or שׁוּפם. And (2) the name עיר is most probably identical with עירי in Ch1 7:7. The peculiar forms of those names, viz., וחפּם שׁפם, seem to have arisen from an improper comparison of them with וּלשׁפּים לחפּים in Ch1 7:15, in which…”