1 Chronicles 23:8
The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, and Zetham and Joel, three.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
In Context
7Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 15:7Of the sons of Gershom: Joel the chief, and his brothers, a hundred and thirty;
1 Chronicles 15:17So Heman, the son of Joel, and, of his brothers, Asaph, the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brothers, Ethan, the son of Kushaiah, were put in position by the Levites;
1 Chronicles 26:21The sons of Ladan: sons of the Gershonites of the family of Ladan, heads of families of Ladan the Gershonite, Jehieli.
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 23:2-24
The Numbering of the Levites. ( b. c. 1015.) 1 So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel. 2 And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites. 3 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand. 4 Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the Lord ; and six thousand were officers and judges: 5 Moreover four… Read the whole commentary →