1 Chronicles 23:22
And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.
1 Chronicles 23:22 in other translations
| BSB | The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish. Eleazar died without having any sons; he had only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them. |
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| WEB | Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters only; and their relatives, the sons of Kish, took them as wives. |
| ASV | And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters only: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them to wife. |
| YLT | And Eleazar dieth, and he had no sons, but daughters, and sons of Kish their brethren take them. |
| DARBY | And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters; and their brethren the sons of Kish took them. |
| BBE | And at his death Eleazar had no sons, but only daughters, and their relations, the sons of Kish, took them as wives. |
| Webster | And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them. |
What does 1 Chronicles 23:22 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 23:21-23
21-23. 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.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Chronicles 23:1-23
David, having given charge concerning the building of the temple, settles the method of the temple service, and orders the officers of it. When those of the same family were employed together, it would engage them to love and assist one another.
1 Chronicles 23:22 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Chronicles 23:22
- 1 Chronicles 24:28
Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons.
- Numbers 36:6-8
This is the thing which the Lord doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry. So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers.
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Context
- 1 Chronicles 23:21
The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish.
- 1 Chronicles 23:22
And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.
- 1 Chronicles 23:23
The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
1 Chronicles 23:22 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y murió Eleazar sin hijos, mas tuvo hijas; y los hijos de Cis, sus hermanos, las tomaron por mujeres. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Éléazar mourut, et n’eut point de fils, mais des filles; et les fils de Kis, leurs frères, les prirent pour femmes. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Eleasar starb, und er hatte keine Söhne, sondern nur Töchter; und die Söhne Kis, ihre Brüder, nahmen sie zu Weibern. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Mortuus est autem Eleazar, et non habuit filios, sed filias: acceperuntque eas filii Cis fratres earum. |