1 Chronicles 24 · Verse 2

1 Chronicles 24:2

But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest’s office.
1 Chronicles 24:2, King James Version

1 Chronicles 24:2 in other translations

BSBBut Nadab and Abihu died before their father did, and they had no sons; so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.
WEBBut Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children; therefore Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.
ASVBut Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest’s office.
YLTand Nadab dieth, and Abihu, in the presence of their father, and they had no sons, and Eleazar and Ithamar act as priests.
DARBYAnd Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children; and Eleazar and Ithamar exercised the priesthood.
BBEBut Nadab and Abihu came to their end before their father, and had no children; so Eleazar and Ithamar did the work of priests.
WebsterBut Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priests' office.

What does 1 Chronicles 24:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2. Nadab and Abihu died before their father--that is, not in his presence, but during his lifetime (see Nu 3:4; 26:61). therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office--In consequence of the death of his two oldest sons without issue, the descendants of Aaron were comprised in the families of Eleazar and Ithamar. Both of these sons discharged the priestly functions as assistants to their father. Eleazar succeeded him, and in his line the high priesthood continued until it was transferred to the family of Ithamar, in the person of Eli.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 Nadab and Abihu died before their father - That is, during his lifetime. Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office - These two served the office during the life of their father Aaron; after his death Eleazar succeeded in the high priesthood. And under Eli the high priest, the family of Ithamar re-entered into that office.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

1 Chronicles 24:2 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיָּ֨מָתvai.Ya.motand he diedH4191
נָדָ֤בna.DavNadabH5070
וַאֲבִיהוּא֙va.'a.vi.Hu'and AbihuH30
לִפְנֵ֣יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
אֲבִיהֶ֔ם'a.vi.Hemfather theirH1
וּבָנִ֖יםu.va.Nimand sonsH1121
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
הָי֣וּha.Yuthey belongedH1961
לָהֶ֑םla.Hemto them
וַֽיְכַהֲנ֔וּvay.kha.ha.Nuand they served as priestsH3547
אֶלְעָזָ֖ר'el.'a.ZarEleazarH499
וְאִיתָמָֽר\׃ve.'i.ta.Marand IthamarH385

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Chronicles 24:2

  • Leviticus 10:2

    And there went out fire from the Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord.

  • Numbers 3:4

    And Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord, when they offered strange fire before the Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest’s office in the sight of Aaron their father.

  • Numbers 26:61

    And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the Lord.

  • Exodus 24:9

    Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:

  • Numbers 16:39-40

    And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar: To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the Lord; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the Lord said to him by the hand of Moses.

  • Numbers 18:7

    Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest’s office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest’s office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

  • Leviticus 10:12

    And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the meat offering that remaineth of the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar: for it is most holy:

  • Exodus 24:1

    And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the Lord, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.

  • Exodus 29:9

    And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest’s office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Nadab.
Ex 24:1,9
died.
Le 10:2; Nu 3:4; 26:61
Eleazar.
Ex 29:9; Le 10:12; Nu 16:39,40; 18:7

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 24:1

    Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

  • 1 Chronicles 24:2

    But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest’s office.

  • 1 Chronicles 24:3

    And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service.

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1 Chronicles 24:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mas Nadab y Abiú murieron antes que su padre, y no tuvieron hijos: Eleazar é Ithamar tuvieron el sacerdocio.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Nadab et Abihu moururent avant leur père, et n’eurent point de fils. Et Éléazar et Ithamar exercèrent la sacrificature.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Nadab und Abihu starben vor ihrem Vater, und sie hatten keine Söhne; und Eleasar und Ithamar übten den Priesterdienst aus.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Mortui sunt autem Nadab et Abiu ante patrem suum absque liberis: sacerdotioque functus est Eleazar, et Ithamar.