1 Chronicles 23:22
 1 Chronicles 23:22 
New International Version (©2011)
Eleazar died without having sons: he had only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Eleazar died with no sons, only daughters. His daughters married their cousins, the sons of Kish.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Eleazar died having no sons, but only daughters; their kinsmen, the sons of Kish, married them.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Eleazar died and had no sons, but daughters only, so their brothers, the sons of Kish, took them as wives.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Eleazar died having no sons, only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.

International Standard Version (©2012)
but Eleazar died having no sons, but only daughters. Their relatives (the descendants of Kish) married them.

NET Bible (©2006)
Eleazar died without having sons; he had only daughters. The sons of Kish, their cousins, married them.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Eleazar died without having any sons. He only had daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.

American King James Version
And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brothers the sons of Kish took them.

American Standard Version
And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters only: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them to wife .

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Eleazar died, and had no sons but daughters: and the sons of Cis their brethren took them.

Darby Bible Translation
And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters; and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.

English Revised Version
And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters only: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them to wife.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.

World English Bible
Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters only: and their brothers the sons of Kish took them [to wife].

Young's Literal Translation
And Eleazar dieth, and he had no sons, but daughters, and sons of Kish their brethren take them.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

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.


Pulpit Commentary

Verse 22. - Their brethren... took them; i.e. their kinsmen, as margin, "took them" to wife (Numbers 36:5-12). (For the sons of Kish, see 1 Chronicles 24:29.)


Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters,.... And so none to succeed him in his office and service:

and their brethren the sons of Kish took them; married them, their uncle's sons, their own cousins.


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The Merarites
21The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish. 22And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brothers the sons of Kish took them. 23The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.

Numbers 36:8 Every daughter who inherits land in any Israelite tribe must marry someone in her father's tribal clan, so that every Israelite will possess the inheritance of their ancestors.
1 Chronicles 23:21 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
1 Chronicles 23:23 The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder and Jerimoth--three in all.