LADAN.1. A name occurring in the genealogy of Joshua (1Ch_7:26). 2. A Gershonite family name (1Ch_23:7-9; 1Ch_26:21 ter. In 1Ch_6:17 it appears as Libni (wh. see).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
lā?dan (לעדּן, la‛dān, the King James Version, Laadan):
(1) A descendant of Ephraim, and an ancestor of Joshua (1Ch_7:26).
(2) A Levite of the family of Gershon (1Ch_23:7, 1Ch_23:8, 1Ch_23:9; 1Ch_26:21), also called LIBNI (which see).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Ladan
(Γαδάν v. r. Λαλάν, and even Α᾿σάν, Vulg. Dalarus), one of the Temple servants whose descendants had lost their pedigree after the exile (1Es_5:37); evidently the DELAIAH SEE DELAIAH (q.v.) of the Hebrew text (Ezr_2:60).
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.