📖WEB · 1 Chronicles 24:28
What does 1 Chronicles 24:28 mean?
"Of Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons."
— 1 Chronicles 24:28 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
The brother of Micah: Isshiah; of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah.
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The son of Jaaziah: Beno.
The sons of Merari: of Jaaziah, Beno, Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri.
Of Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons.
Of Kish, the son of Kish: Jerahmeel.
The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after their fathers’ houses.
These likewise cast lots even as their brothers the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers’ households of the priests and of the Levites; the fathers’ households of the chief even as those of his younger brother.
Explanation
This verse comes from a lengthy genealogical record in 1 Chronicles 24, where King David organizes the descendants of Aaron into twenty-four divisions for service in the temple. The verse itself is brief and simple: it identifies a man named Eleazar, a descendant of Mahli, and notes that he had no sons. This Eleazar is not the famous Eleazar, son of Aaron and high priest of Israel — he is a different, later individual within the priestly line of Levi, specifically within the family of
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