1 Chronicles 24:2
New International Version
But Nadab and Abihu died before their father did, and they had no sons; so Eleazar and Ithamar served as the priests.

New Living Translation
But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and they had no sons. So only Eleazar and Ithamar were left to carry on as priests.

English Standard Version
But Nadab and Abihu died before their father and had no children, so Eleazar and Ithamar became the priests.

Berean Standard Bible
But Nadab and Abihu died before their father did, and they had no sons; so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.

King James Bible
But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office.

New King James Version
And Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children; therefore Eleazar and Ithamar ministered as priests.

New American Standard Bible
But Nadab and Abihu died before their father and had no sons. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.

NASB 1995
But Nadab and Abihu died before their father and had no sons. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.

NASB 1977
But Nadab and Abihu died before their father and had no sons. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.

Legacy Standard Bible
But Nadab and Abihu died before their father and had no sons. So Eleazar and Ithamar ministered as priests.

Amplified Bible
But Nadab and Abihu died before their father and had no sons; therefore Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.

Christian Standard Bible
But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and they had no sons, so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and they had no sons, so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.

American Standard Version
But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Nadab and Abihu died in the lifetime of Aaron their father, and they had no sons, and Eliazar and Ithamar ministered.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Nadab and Abiud died before their father, and they had no sons: so Eleazar and Ithamar the sons of Aaron ministered as priests.

Contemporary English Version
But Nadab and Abihu died long before their father, without having any sons. That's why Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But Nadab and Abiu died before their father, and had no children: so Eleazar, and Ithamar did the office of the priesthood.

English Revised Version
But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest office.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Nadab and Abihu died before their father died, and neither had any children. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.

Good News Translation
Nadab and Abihu died before their father did, and left no descendants, so their brothers Eleazar and Ithamar became priests.

International Standard Version
But Nadab and Abihu died before their father did, leaving no sons, so Eleazar and Ithamar became priests.

JPS Tanakh 1917
But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children; therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office.

Literal Standard Version
And Nadab dies—and Abihu—in the presence of their father, and they had no sons, and Eleazar and Ithamar act as priests.

Majority Standard Bible
But Nadab and Abihu died before their father did, and they had no sons; so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.

New American Bible
Nadab and Abihu died before their father, leaving no sons; therefore only Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.

NET Bible
Nadab and Abihu died before their father did; they had no sons. Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.

New Revised Standard Version
But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no sons; so Eleazar and Ithamar became the priests.

New Heart English Bible
But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office.

Webster's Bible Translation
But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priests' office.

World English Bible
But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children; therefore Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.

Young's Literal Translation
and Nadab dieth, and Abihu, in the presence of their father, and they had no sons, and Eleazar and Ithamar act as priests.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Divisions of the Priests
1These were the divisions of the descendants of Aaron. The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 2But Nadab and Abihu died before their father did, and they had no sons; so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests. 3With the help of Eleazar’s descendant Zadok and Ithamar’s descendant Ahimelech, David divided them according to the offices of their service.…

Cross References
Exodus 6:23
And Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

Leviticus 10:2
So fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died in the presence of the LORD.


Treasury of Scripture

But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office.

Nadab

Exodus 24:1,9
And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off…

died

Leviticus 10:2
And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.

Numbers 3:4
And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the sight of Aaron their father.

Numbers 26:61
And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the LORD.

Eleazar

Exodus 29:9
And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest's office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.

Leviticus 10:12
And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the meat offering that remaineth of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar: for it is most holy:

Numbers 16:39,40
And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar: …

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(2) But Nadab and Abihu died before their father.--Leviticus 10:1-2 tells why: viz., because they offered "strange fire" before the Lord. (See also Numbers 3:4, from which our text appears to be derived.)

And had no children.--Literally, And sons had not become (been born) to them.

Therefore Eleazar and Ithamar.--And Eleazar and Ithamar acted as priests; Numbers adds, "before the face of Aaron their father." It is implied that the office of the priesthood remained with the two lines, or houses, of Eleazar and Ithamar.

Verse 2. - (Comp. Leveticus 10:1, 2, for the death of these; and for their being childless, Numbers 3:2-4; Numbers 26:60, 61.)

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
But Nadab
נָדָ֤ב (nā·ḏāḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 5070: Nadab -- an Israelite name

and Abihu
וַאֲבִיהוּא֙ (wa·’ă·ḇî·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 30: Abihu -- 'he is father', a son of Aaron

died
וַיָּ֨מָת (way·yā·māṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill

before
לִפְנֵ֣י (lip̄·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

their father did,
אֲבִיהֶ֔ם (’ă·ḇî·hem)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 1: Father

and they had
הָי֣וּ (hā·yū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

no
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

sons;
וּבָנִ֖ים (ū·ḇā·nîm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1121: A son

so Eleazar
אֶלְעָזָ֖ר (’el·‘ā·zār)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 499: Eleazar -- 'God has helped', six Israelites

and Ithamar
וְאִיתָמָֽר׃ (wə·’î·ṯā·mār)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 385: Ithamar -- 'land of palms', a son of Aaron

served as priests.
וַֽיְכַהֲנ֔וּ (way·ḵa·hă·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3547: To officiate as a, priest, to put on regalia


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