5. four thousand were to be gatekeepers, and four thousand were to praise the Lord with the instruments which [David] had devised for praise.
6. David apportioned them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
7. To the Gershonites belonged Ladan and Shimei.
8. The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, then Zetham and Joel; three in all.
9. The sons of Shimei were Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran; three. These were the heads of the families of Ladan.
10. The sons of Shimei were Jahath, Zizah, Jeush, and Beriah; these were the sons of Shimei, four in all.
11. Jahath was the chief and Zizah was second to him; but Jeush and Beriah had few sons, and therefore they were classed as a single family, exercising a single office.