King James Version
What Does 1 Chronicles 23:22 Mean?
“And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them. brethren: or, kinsmen”
Context
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Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah the first, and Jesiah the second.
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The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish.
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And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them. brethren: or, kinsmen
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The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
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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.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(22) **And Eleazar died, and had no sons.**—Thus his house merged in that of the sons of Kish, who married his daughters according to the Law (Numbers 36:6-9). The sons of Mahli, then, were represented in David’s day by the house of Kish. (See 1Chronicles 24:29.)
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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