1 Chronicles 23:22
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.
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.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Eleazar died without having any sons; he had only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.
- KJV
- And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.
- 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].
- DARBY
- And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters; and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.
- BLB
- And Eleazar died; there were unto him no sons, but only daughters. And the sons of Kish, their brothers, lifted them.
- ÅB
- Da Eleasar døde, var det ingen sønner etter ham, men bare døtre, og dem tok deres frender Kis' sønner til ekte.
- OTB
- Eleasar døde og hadde ingen sønner, men bare døtre,
og deres slektninger, sønnene til Kisj, tok dem til koner. - B1930
- Da Eleasar døde, var det ingen sønner efter ham, men bare døtre, og dem tok deres frender Kis' sønner til ekte.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Chronicles 24:28
Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons.
Read in contextNumbers 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.
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