Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters only: and their brothers the sons of Kish took them as wives.
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Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters only: and their brothers the sons of Kish took them as wives.
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And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.
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And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters only; and their brethren the sons of Kish took them to wife.
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Passages linked to 1 Chronicles 23:22 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Chronicles 24:28 Of Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons.
- Numbers 36:6-8 This is the thing which Yahweh commands concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, ‘Let them be married to whom they think best, only they shall marry into the family of the tribe of their father. So shall no inheritance of the children of Israel move from tribe to tribe; for the children of Israel shall all keep the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. Every daughter who possesses an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel shall be wife to one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may each possess the inheritance of his fathers.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Meaning, their cousins.
Meaning, their cousins.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain These were the sons of Levi, after the house…
These were the sons of Levi, after the house of their fathers,.... According to the three classes of them, as descending from the three sons of Levi:
even the chief of the fathers; or heads of families:
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as they were counted by number of names by their polls; or according to their heads, one by one:
that did the work for the service of the house of the Lord; the particulars of which are in Ch1 23:28.
from the age of twenty years, and upwards; they were first numbered thirty and upwards, Ch1 23:3, but David before his death ordered they should be numbered from twenty and upwards, Ch1 23:27, because the Israelites being increased, there would be more work for the priests in the temple, which would require the assistance of more Levites. The reasons follow.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 22. Their brethren the sons of Kish took…
Verse 22. Their brethren the sons of Kish took them.] This was according to the law made Nu 27:1, &c., and Nu 36:5-9, in favour 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.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 22. their brethren] Their kinsmen.
22. their brethren] Their kinsmen.
took them] R.V. took them to wife.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (22) And Eleazar died, and had no sons.—Thus his…
(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 (Num_36:6-9). The sons of Mahli, then, were represented in David’s day by the house of Kish. (See 1Ch_24:29.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Their brethren took them; i.e. their kinsmen, as margin,…
Their brethren took them; i.e. their kinsmen, as margin, "took them" to wife. (Num_36:5-12) (For the sons of Kish, see 1Ch_24:29)
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain i.e. cousins.
brethren
i.e. cousins.
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