1 Chronicles 23:7

1 Chronicles 23:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.
• New International Version (NIV)Belonging to the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The sons of Gershon were Ladan and Shimei.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Of the Gershonites: Laadan and Shimei.

Context of 1 Chronicles 23:7

5Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised Yhwh with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith. 6And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei. 8The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three. 9The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan.

1 Chronicles 23:7 word by word

לַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּ֖י לַעְדָּ֥ן וְשִׁמְעִֽי׃ סRead the interlinear

• Of the Gershonitesגֵּרְשֻׁנִּיgêreshûnnîy · GershoniteH1649
• Laadanלַעְדָּןla‛dân · LadanH3936
• and Shimeiשִׁמְעִיshim‛îy · ShimeiH8096

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 23:7

• 1 Chronicles 6:17And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei.
• 1 Chronicles 15:7Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and thirty:
• 1 Chronicles 26:21As concerning the sons of Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite Laadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, were Jehieli.
• Exodus 6:17The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 23:7

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-23David organized the Levites into groups based on their family lines. There were more clerics than needed for one temple. These groups allowed all priests and Levites to take turns serving in the temple (see Luke 1:5, 8).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-117-11. the Gershonites--They had nine fathers' houses, six descended from Laadan, and three from Shimei. 1Ch 23:12-20. Of Kohath.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 23:7

• Laadan
• Levites
• Shimei

In the dictionaries

• Shimei
• Chronicles, Books of
• Music
• Zacharias
• Adonijah
• David
• Ezekiel
• Genealogy
• Gershon; Gershonites
• Ladan

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary