1)
Why does it say "Bnei Levi"?
1.
Malbim: Both the Kohanim and Leviyim are from Levi.
2)
What is "Divrei ha'Yamim"?
1.
Rashi: It is the Sefer of Tanach called so.
2.
Malbim: It is a Sefer of chronicles that they had, about everything that happened at that time.
3)
What do we learn from "v'Ad Yemei Yochanan ben Elyashiv"?
1.
Rashi: All the Roshei Avos of the Leviyim, until the days of Yochanan Kohen Gadol, are written there in Divrei ha'Yamim.
2.
Malbim: Yochanan is Yonason, the grandson of Elyashiv 1 . It does not say until the days of Yadu'a, for Yadu'a and Yochanan were Kohanim Gedolim at the same time, like it said above.
1
Like it said above (10-11). (PF)
