1 Chronicles 23:22

22 Eleazar died ¹having no sons, but only daughters; their ²kinsmen, the sons of Kish, married them.

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: Micah the chief and Isshiah the second.

21 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.

22 Eleazar died having no sons, but only daughters; their kinsmen, the sons of Kish, married them.

23 The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth, three.

24 These were the sons of Levi by their fathers’ houses, the heads of fathers’ houses as they were listed according to the number of the names of the individuals from twenty years old and upward who were to do the work for the service of the house of the Lord.

Cross References

• 1. 23:22 ch. 24:28
• 2. 23:22 [Num. 36:6, 8]