La'adan (Heb. Ladan', לִעדָּן, arranger), the name of two men.
1. (In 1Ch 23:7-9, Sept. Λεαδάν v. r. Ε᾿δάν, Vulg. Leedan; in 1Ch 26:21, Λεδάν v. r. Λαδάν, Λααδάν, Ledan.) The first named of the two sons of Gershom, the son of Levi; elsewhere called LIBNI (1Ch 6:17).
2. (Sept. Γαλααδάς v. r. Λαδάν, Λαδάν,Vulg. Laadan.) Apparently the son of Tahan and father of Ammihud, of the posterity of Ephraim (1 Chronicles vii 26). B.C. post 1612.
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