Verse Lens · Concise explanation
1 Chronicles 23:7 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 7. 7Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.
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Quick Meaning
Names Laadan and Shimei as Gershon's sons.
Read It With
- 1 Chronicles 23:7–23:11
Names Laadan and Shimei as Gershon's sons. Read 1 Chronicles 23:7 within 23:7–23:11. The complete unit records: Laadan and Shimei's descendants are named, with two small branches combined into one father-house.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The list shows administrative grouping responding to household size rather than a purely mechanical pedigree. In this exact position, the line beginning “Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.” names Laadan and Shimei as Gershon's sons.
What Remains True
Names Laadan and Shimei as Gershon's sons. This concrete detail supports a bounded truth: Worship requires ordered, truthful, skilled, and accountable service, while sacred office, beauty, or scale never determines a person's worth.
How It Can Shape Life
- Because this verse names Laadan and Shimei as Gershon's sons, keep it inside 23:7–23:11, compare its Samuel-Kings relationship honestly, protect affected people from coercion or stigma, and apply only the accountable principle the complete unit supports.
Continue in Context
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Read 1 Chronicles 23:7–23:11 — Gershonite houses are grouped for serviceSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: 1 Chronicles 23:7–23:11, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Chronicles
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, clauses, regnal formulas, temple vocabulary, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/1Chr.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 23:7–23:11
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NET Bible Full Notes: 1 Chronicles
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press; STEP Bible presentation, 2019 edition; current web presentation
Supports: Unit-bounded translation comparisons and only those lexical, textual, grammatical, numerical, historical, and parallel-passage notes attached to these verses.
Exact location: STEP Bible NET2full, 1 Chronicles 23:7–23:11, verse-attached translation and translator notes
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