1 Chronicles 24:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּ֨מָת נָדָ֤ב וַאֲבִיהוּא֙ לִפְנֵ֣י אֲבִיהֶ֔ם וּבָנִ֖ים לֹא־הָי֣וּ לָהֶ֑ם וַֽיְכַהֲנ֔וּ אֶלְעָזָ֖ר וְאִיתָמָֽר׃

Transliteration

wayyāmāt nādāb wa-ʾăbîhûʾ lipnê ʾăbîhem û-bānîm lōʾ-hāyû lāhem way-kăhănû ʾelʿāzār wə-ʾîtāmār.

Grammar Details

*wayyāmāt*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he died
*nādāb*: proper name, masculine singular - Nadab
*wa-ʾăbîhûʾ*: conjunction + proper name, masculine singular - and Abihu
*lipnê*: preposition + construct plural - before/in the presence of
*ʾăbîhem*: masculine singular noun with 3rd plural suffix - their father
*û-bānîm*: conjunction + masculine plural noun - and sons
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*hāyû*: qal perfect, 3rd plural - they were/had
*lāhem*: preposition with 3rd masculine plural suffix - to/for them
*way-kăhănû*: waw consecutive + piel imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they served as priests
*ʾelʿāzār*: proper name, masculine singular - Eleazar
*wə-ʾîtāmār*: conjunction + proper name, masculine singular - and Ithamar

Word Meanings

*lipnê*: before/in the presence of/during the lifetime of
*way-kăhănû*: served as priests/ministered

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Referenced Verses

Lev 10:2 : 2 And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.
Num 3:4 : 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.
Num 26:61 : 61 And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the LORD.
Num 16:39-40 : 39 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: 40 To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses.
Num 18:7 : 7 Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest's office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
Lev 10:12 : 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:
Exod 24:1 : 1 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.
Exod 24:9 : 9 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:
Exod 29:9 : 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Num 3:2-5
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2And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
3These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.
4And 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.
5And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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1Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Num 26:60-61
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60And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
61And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the LORD.
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1And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.
2And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.
1 Chr 24:3-6
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3And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service.
4And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and thus were they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers.
5Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.
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Exod 28:1
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1And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.
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Lev 16:1
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1 Chr 23:21-22
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1 Chr 6:49-50
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49But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
50And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,
Num 4:19
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1 Chr 24:28
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28Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons.
Num 18:7
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Exod 6:23-24
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10And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
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30And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children.
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Exod 24:9
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Num 18:1-3
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Josh 24:33
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1 Sam 2:34
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1 Chr 23:32
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