Person Old Testament
Eleazar
Eleazar, son of Mahli, had no sons, only daughters. Mentioned in 3 verses across 1 book, first at 1 Chronicles 23:21.
Why it matters. Son of Mahli, had no sons, only daughters
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Eleazar
Eleazar, mentioned in 1Ch.23.21-22 and 1Ch.24.28, was the son of Mahli, who was a descendant of Levi through Merari. Eleazar had no sons, only daughters. As a result, his daughters married their cousins on their father's side, the sons of Kish. This arrangement allowed Eleazar's lineage to continue through his daughters.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
- Parents
- Mahli
Appears in Scripture
Named in 3 verses across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.