1 Chronicles 23:22

22 And Eleazar died , and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took 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 Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah the first, and Jesiah the second.

21 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish.

22 And Eleazar died , and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.

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

24 These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward.

Footnotes

• [a] brethren: or, kinsmen