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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
This verse opens the thought unit and establishes its first name, action, or speech: “Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Gershonite houses are grouped for service.”
Gershon is listed through Laadan and Shimei
This verse is one part of that explanation in 1 Chronicles 23:7–11. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- 1 Chronicles 23:7–11
Read 1 Chronicles 23:7 with 23:7–11. The selected wording supplies one opening in the thought unit and establishes its first name, action, or speech; the surrounding verses supply the relationships and outcome summarized here: Laadan and Shimei's descendants are named, with two small branches combined into one father-house.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within “Gershonite houses are grouped for service,” 1 Chronicles 23:7 opens the thought unit and establishes its first name, action, or speech through the wording “Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.” Its placement is governed by this reviewed relationship: The list shows administrative grouping responding to household size rather than a purely mechanical pedigree. 1 Chronicles 23:1–6 has just established this prior movement: Aged David makes Solomon king, assembles leaders, priests, and Levites, counts 38,000 men age thirty and up, assigns work, officers, judges, gatekeepers, and musicians, and divides Levi's three houses. Together those details explain why “Gershonite houses are grouped for service” belongs here rather than merely following a database record.
Read 1 Chronicles 23:7–11 together
Why these verses belong together: 1 Chronicles 23:7–11 forms the complete movement “Gershonite houses are grouped for service”: Laadan and Shimei's descendants are named, with two small branches combined into one father-house.
Verse 7. 7 Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.
Verse 8. 8 The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
Verse 9. 9 The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan.
Verse 10. 10 And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.
Verse 11. 11 And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to their father’s house.
What Remains True
Worship requires ordered, truthful, skilled, and accountable service, while sacred office, beauty, or scale never determines a person's worth. This unit tests that truth through the narrated movement: Laadan and Shimei's descendants are named, with two small branches combined into one father-house. In 1 Chronicles 23:7, the concrete line “Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei” keeps that truth accountable to the narrated evidence.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
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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 23:7–11, 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 23:7–11
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NET Bible Full Notes: 1 Chronicles
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press; STEP Bible presentation, 2019 edition; current web presentation
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Exact location: STEP Bible NET2full, 1 Chronicles 23:7–11, verse-attached translation and translator notes
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