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1 Chronicles 23:7

The sons of Gershon were Ladan and Shimei.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Laadan;   Levites;   Shimei;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Levites, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Levite;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Zacharias;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Gershon;   Laadan;   Shelomith;   Shimei;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Laadan;   Libni;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Gershon, Gershonites;   Ladan;   Shimei, Shimeites;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Gershon, Gershonites ;   Laadan ;   Shimei ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Laadan;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Levites;   Shimei;   Smith Bible Dictionary - La'adan;   Shim'ei;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Gershon;   Ladan;   Shimei;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
Hebrew Names Version
Of the Gershoni: La`dan and Shim`i.
King James Version
Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.
English Standard Version
The sons of Gershon were Ladan and Shimei.
New Century Version
From the people of Gershon, there were Ladan and Shimei.
New English Translation
The Gershonites included Ladan and Shimei.
Amplified Bible
Of the Gershonites: Ladan (Libni) and Shimei.
New American Standard Bible
Of the Gershonites there were Ladan and Shimei.
World English Bible
Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Of the Gershonites were Laadan & Shimei.
Legacy Standard Bible
Of the Gershonites were Ladan and Shimei.
Berean Standard Bible
The Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
Contemporary English Version
Gershon had two sons: Ladan and Shimei.
Complete Jewish Bible
For the Gershuni: La‘dan and Shim‘i.
Darby Translation
Of the Gershonites: Laadan and Shimei.
Easy-to-Read Version
From the tribe of Gershon there were Ladan and Shimei.
George Lamsa Translation
Of the Gershonites were Ladan and Shimei.
Good News Translation
Gershon had two sons: Ladan and Shimei.
Lexham English Bible
For the Gershonites were Ladan and Shimei.
Literal Translation
Of the Gershonites: Laadan and Shimei.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The Gersonites were: Laedan and Simei.
American Standard Version
Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
Bible in Basic English
Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Of the Gersonites was Laadan, and Semei.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Of the Gershonites: Ladan, and Shimei.
King James Version (1611)
Of the Gershonites were Laadan, and Shimei.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And for the family of Gedson, Edan, and Semei.
English Revised Version
Of the Gershonites; Ladan and Shimei.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the sones of Gerson weren Leedan and Semeye.
Update Bible Version
Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
Webster's Bible Translation
Of the Gershonites, [were], Laadan and Shimei.
New King James Version
Of the Gershonites: Laadan Exodus 6:17">[fn] and Shimei.
New Living Translation
The Gershonite family units were defined by their lines of descent from Libni and Shimei, the sons of Gershon.
New Revised Standard
The sons of Gershon were Ladan and Shimei.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Of the Gershonites, Ladan and Shimei.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The sons of Gerson were Leedan and Semei.
Revised Standard Version
The sons of Gersham were Ladan and Shim'e-i.
Young's Literal Translation
Of the Gershonite: Laadan and Shimei.
THE MESSAGE
The Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei. The three sons of Ladan: Jehiel, Zetham, and Joel. The three sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran, all heads of the families of Ladan. The four sons of Shimei: Jahath, Ziza, Jeush, and Beriah. Jahath came first, followed by Ziza. Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons so they were counted as one family with one task.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Of the Gershonites were Ladan and Shimei.

Contextual Overview

1 When David was an old man, he made his son Solomon king of Israel. 2 He gathered together all the leaders of Israel, the religious leaders, and the Levites. 3 The Levites were numbered from thirty years old and older. Their number was 38,000. 4 Of these, 24,000 were to watch over the work of the Lord's house. There were 6,000 who were leaders and men who were to judge. 5 There were 4,000 gate-keepers. And 4,000 were praising the Lord with the things for playing music that David had made. 6 David divided them into groups by the sons of Levi, Gershon and Kohath and Merari. 7 The sons of Gershon were Ladan and Shimei. 8 The sons of Ladan were Jehiel the first, then Zetham and Joel, three in all. 9 The three sons of Shimei were Shelemoth, Haziel and Haran. These were the heads of the fathers' houses of Ladan. 10 And the sons of Shimei were Jahath, Zina, Jeush and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Gershonites: 1 Chronicles 6:17-20, 1 Chronicles 15:7, 1 Chronicles 26:21

Laadan: Laadan and Libni, seem to have been two distinct names of this person; but the variation of Shimi and Shimei exists only in the translation, the original being uniformly שמעי [Strong's H8096]. Exodus 6:17, Libni, Shimi

Reciprocal: Numbers 3:18 - General 2 Chronicles 29:12 - of the Gershonites Zechariah 12:13 - Shimei

Cross-References

Genesis 18:2
Abraham looked up and saw three men standing in front of him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them. He put his face to the ground
Genesis 19:1
The two angels came to Sodom in the evening. Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them. He put his face to the ground
Genesis 23:17
So Ephron's field in Machpelah east of Mamre, the field and grave that was in it, and all the trees within the sides of the field, were handed over
Genesis 23:18
to Abraham for his own. It was handed over in front of the sons of Heth and all who came in through the gate of his city.
Proverbs 18:24
A man who has friends must be a friend, but there is a friend who stays nearer than a brother.
Hebrews 12:14
Be at peace with all men. Live a holy life. No one will see the Lord without having that kind of life.
1 Peter 3:8
Last of all, you must share the same thoughts and the same feelings. Love each other with a kind heart and with a mind that has no pride.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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, Exodus 6:17.


 
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