1 Chronicles 23:22

22 Eleazar died and had no sons, but daughters only, so their brothers, the sons of Kish, took them as wives.

1 Chronicles 23:22 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 23:22

And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters
And so none to succeed him in his office and service:

and their brethren the sons of Kish took them;
married them, their uncle's sons, their own cousins.

1 Chronicles 23:22 In-Context

20 The sons of Uzziel were Micah the first and Isshiah the second.
21 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli were Eleazar and Kish
22 Eleazar died and had no sons, but daughters only, so their brothers, the sons of Kish, took them as wives.
23 The sons of Mushi were three: Mahli, Eder and Jeremoth.
24 These were the sons of Levi according to their fathers' households, even the heads of the fathers' households of those of them who were counted, in the number of names by their census, doing the work for the service of the house of the LORD , from twenty years old and upward.
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