1 Chronicles 23:22

22 Eleazar died without having sons: he had only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.

1 Chronicles 23:22 in Other Translations

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

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

22 Eleazar died with no sons, only daughters. His daughters married their cousins, the sons of Kish.

22 Eleazar died without any sons, only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married the daughters.

22 Eleazar died having no sons, only daughters. Their cousins, 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 first and Ishiah the second.

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

22 Eleazar died without having sons: he had only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.

23 The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder and Jerimoth—three in all.

24 These were the descendants of Levi by their families—the heads of families as they were registered under their names and counted individually, that is, the workers twenty years old or more who served in the temple of the LORD.

Cross References

• 1. Numbers 36:8