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Then David divided them into three main divisions named after the sons of Levi—the Gershom division, the Kohath division, and the Merari division.

Subdivisions of the Gershom corps were named after his sons Ladan and Shimei. 8-9 These subdivisions were still further divided into six groups named after the sons of Ladan: Jehiel the leader, Zetham, Joel; and the sons of Shimei[a]—Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 23:8 Shimei, probably not the same Shimei as in v. 7.

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