1 Chronicles 26:21

21 The sons of Ladan: the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan, the heads of the {families} belonging to Ladan the Gershonite: Jehieli.

1 Chronicles 26:21 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 26:21

As concerning the sons of Laadan
The same with Libni, see ( 1 Chronicles 23:7 )

the sons of the Gershonite Laadan;
so called, to distinguish him from another Laadan, as Kimchi thinks:

chief fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite;
that sprung from him: were Jehieli; and his sons next mentioned.

1 Chronicles 26:21 In-Context

19 These [were] the working groups of the gatekeepers among the sons of the Korahites and among the sons of Merari.

20 And of the Levites: Ahijah [was] over the treasuries of the house of God and over the treasuries of the sanctified objects.

21 The sons of Ladan: the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan, the heads of the {families} belonging to Ladan the Gershonite: Jehieli.

22 The sons of Jehieli, Zetham and Joel his brother, [were] over the treasuries of the house of Yahweh.

23 Of the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, [and] the Ozzielites:

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "fathers"