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1 Chronicles 23:7
The Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — David divides the Levites into three administrative clans: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. This verse names the two ancestral figures designated for the Gershonite division.
The words — The text identifies the Gershonites (לַ/גֵּרְשֻׁנִּ֖י, la/ge.re.shu.Ni) through two proper names, Ladan (לַעְדָּ֥ן, la'.Dan) and Shimei (וְ/שִׁמְעִֽי, ve./shim.'I). These terms function as clan designations marking the founding or leading lines of that division.
The thread — This listing corresponds to 1 Chronicles 26:21, which traces later Gershonite family heads to Ladan, while Exodus 6:17 and 1 Chronicles 6:17 record Libni and Shimei as Gershon’s sons. The textual tradition preserves these variant clan markers within the broader Levitical organizational structure.
Why it lands — The verse records a concrete administrative division of Levitical service under David’s authority. It requires the reader to treat biblical genealogies as functional records of duty and lineage rather than abstract lists.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.
Cross-references
- 1 Chronicles 26:21 From the descendants of Ladan, who were Gershonites through Ladan and heads of the families of Ladan the Gershonite, were Jehieli,
- Exodus 6:17 The sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimei, by their clans.
- 1 Chronicles 6:17 These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
- 1 Chronicles 15:7 from the Gershomites, Joel the chief and 130 of his relatives;