📖WEB · 1 Chronicles 23:7
What does 1 Chronicles 23:7 mean?
"Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei."
— 1 Chronicles 23:7 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
David said, “Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of Yahweh’s house, six thousand were officers and judges,
four thousand were doorkeepers, and four thousand praised Yahweh with the instruments which I made for giving praise.”
David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, Zetham, and Joel, three.
The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers’ households of Ladan.
The sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.
Explanation
This verse comes from a section of 1 Chronicles that reads like a census record rather than a narrative. It simply states that among the Gershonites—one of the three major Levitical clans—the leading family heads were named Ladan and Shimei. On the surface it is a br
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