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.
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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. Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah didn’t have many sons; therefore they became a fathers’ house in one reckoning.
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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.
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Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.
The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan.
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Of the Gershonites: Ladan, and Shimei.
The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
The sons of Shimei: Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers' houses of Ladan.
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- 1 Chronicles 26:21 (v7) The sons of Ladan, the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan, the heads of the fathers’ households belonging to Ladan the Gershonite:…
- 1 Chronicles 15:7 (vv7–8) of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and his brothers one hundred thirty;
- Exodus 6:17 (v7) The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.
- 1 Chronicles 6:17-20 (v7) These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei. The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. The sons of Merari:…
- 1 Chronicles 6:33-34 (v8) These are those who served, and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel, the son of…
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- 1 Chronicles 15:11 (v8) David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab,
- 1 Chronicles 15:17-18 (v8) So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brothers,…
- 1 Chronicles 15:20-21 (v8) and Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with stringed instruments set to Alamoth; and Mattithiah,…
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On v7 Or, Libni, 1 Chron. 6:17.
Or, Libni, 1 Chron. 6:17.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On v8 The sons of Laadan, i.e. his posterity; and so…
The sons of Laadan, i.e. his posterity; and so in the following verses; for these could not be their immediate sons.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv7–9 Of the Gershonites were Laadan and Shimei. These two…
Of the Gershonites were Laadan and Shimei. These two were the immediate posterity of Gershon; are the same with Libni and Shimhi, and heads of families, Exo 6:17.
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ch1 23:8The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiah, and Zetham, and Joel. Not his immediate sons, but some that descended from him.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv7–9 Leedan, or Lebni, Numbers iii. 18. (Menochius)
Leedan, or Lebni, Numbers iii. 18. (Menochius)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On v7 SONS OF GERSHON. (Ch1 23:7-11)
SONS OF GERSHON. (Ch1 23:7-11)
the Gershonites--They had nine fathers' houses, six descended from Laadan, and three from Shimei.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv7, 9 7. Laadan and Shimei] For “Laadan” (R.V. Ladan) here…
7. Laadan and Shimei] For “Laadan” (R.V. Ladan) here and in 1Ch_26:21 we have in 1Ch_6:17 and Exo_6:17 “Libni.”
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv7–9 (7) Of the Gershonites.—1Ch_23:7-11 give the names of nine…
(7) Of the Gershonites.—1Ch_23:7-11 give the names of nine Gershonite houses, or guilds. David’s “courses” of Levites were formed according to the natural divisions already existing: i.e., they coincided with the father-houses. They were doubtless twenty-four in number, like those of their brethren the musicians (1Ch_25:31), and like the priestly classes (1Ch_24:4). So states Josephus (Ant. vii. 14, 7).
Laadan, and Shimei.—See 1Ch_6:2, where the two principal branches of the Gershonites are called “Libni” and Shimei. “Laadan” is hardly the same as Libni, but a branch prominent in the time of David.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv7–9 The heads of the houses of the first Levite…
The heads of the houses of the first Levite family, viz., of Gershon, are now enumerated. The subject occupies the five verses that close with the eleventh. The family of Gershon branches into two the name of the one Laadan (so written again in 1Ch_26:21; but in 1Ch_6:17, 1Ch_6:20, as well as in Exo_6:17 and, Num_3:18, written Libui) and the name of the other Shimei.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v7 General Information:
General Information:
This is the list of Levites according to their clans. (See: How to Translate Names)
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