7Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.
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As concerning the sons of Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite Laadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, were Jehieli.
The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.
Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and thirty:
And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-23)Here we have, I. The crown entailed, according to the divine appointment, 1 Chron. 23:1. David made Solomon king, not to reign with him, or reign under him, but only to reign after him. This he did, 1. When he was old and full of days. He was but seventy years old when he died, and yet he was full of days, satur dierum—satisfied with living in this world. When he found himself going off, he made p…
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