1 Chronicles 23:22

1 Chronicles 23:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.
• New International Version (NIV)Eleazar died without having sons: he had only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Eleazar died having no sons, but only daughters; their kinsmen, the sons of Kish, married them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but only daughters; and their brethren, the sons of Kish, took them as wives.

Context of 1 Chronicles 23:22

20The sons of Uzziel were Micah the first and Isshiah the second. 21The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli were Eleazar and Kish. Eleazar died and had no sons, but daughters only, so their brothers, the sons of Kish, took them as wives. 23The sons of Mushi were three: Mahli, Eder and Jeremoth. 24These 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.

1 Chronicles 23:22 word by word

וַיָּ֙מָת֙ אֶלְעָזָ֔ר וְלֹא־הָ֥יוּ ל֛וֹ בָּנִ֖ים כִּ֣י אִם־בָּנ֑וֹת וַיִּשָּׂא֥וּם בְּנֵי־קִ֖ישׁ אֲחֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

• Eleazarאֶלְעָזָר'el‛âzâr · EleazarH499
• diedמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• and hadהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• noלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• but daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• only[כִּי] אם'im · if: exceptH518
• so their brothersאָח'âch · brother: male-relativeH251
• of Kishקִישׁqîysh · KishH7027
• tookנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: marryH5375

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 23:22

• 1 Chronicles 24:28By Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons.
• Numbers 36:6This is what the Lord has commanded concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, ‘Let them marry whom they wish; only they must marry within the family of the tribe of their father.’

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 23:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22Their brethren the sons of Kish took them - This was according to the law made Numbers 27:1, etc., and Numbers 36:5-9, in favor of the daughters of Zelophehad, that women who were heiresses should marry in the family of the tribe of their father, and that their estates should not be alienated from them.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-23David organized the Levites into groups based on their family lines. There were more clerics than needed for one temple. These groups allowed all priests and Levites to take turns serving in the temple (see Luke 1:5, 8).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 21-2321-23. The sons of Merari--They comprised six fathers' houses. Summing them together, Gershon founded nine fathers houses, Kohath nine, and Merari six: total, twenty-four. 1Ch 23:24-32. Office of the Levites.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 23:22

• Eleazar (Eleazer)
• Kish
• Levites
• Marriage

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Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary