New King James Version

1 Chronicles 23:5-8 New King James Version (NKJV)

5. four thousand were gatekeepers, and four thousand praised the Lord with musical instruments, “which I made,” said David, “for giving praise.”

6. Also David separated them into divisions among the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

7. Of the Gershonites: Laadan and Shimei.

8. The sons of Laadan: the first Jehiel, then Zetham and Joel—three in all.