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1 Chronicles 7:23
23Then he went in to his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son, and he named him Beriah (on misfortune), because tragedy had come on his house.
1 Chronicles 7:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
- New International Version (NIV)Then he made love to his wife again, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. He named him Beriah, because there had been misfortune in his family.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And Ephraim went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son. And he called his name Beriah, because disaster had befallen his house.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And when he went in to his wife, she conceived and bore a son; and he called his name Beriah, because tragedy had come upon his house.
Context of 1 Chronicles 7:23
21Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead were killed by men who were natives of Gath, because they came down to take their livestock. 22Their father Ephraim mourned for many days, and his relatives came to comfort him. Then he went in to his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son, and he named him Beriah (on misfortune), because tragedy had come on his house. 24Beriah’s daughter was Sheerah, who built both Lower and Upper Beth-horon, and also Uzzen-sheerah. 25Rephah was his son along with Resheph; Resheph’s son was Telah, Tahan his son,
Read all of 1 Chronicles 71 Chronicles 7:23 word by word
וַיָּבֹא֙ אֶל־אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ וַתַּ֖הַר וַתֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֑ן וַיִּקְרָ֤א אֶת־שְׁמוֹ֙ בְּרִיעָ֔ה כִּ֥י בְרָעָ֖ה הָיְתָ֥ה בְּבֵיתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And when he went inבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- to his wifeאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
- she conceivedהָרָהhârâh · to conceiveH2029
- and bareיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
- a sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
- and he calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call byH7121
- his nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
- Beriahבְּרִיעָהberîy‛âh · BeriahH1283
- because it went evilרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: harmH7451
- with his houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 7:23
- Genesis 35:18And as her soul was departing, (for she died), she named him Ben-oni (son of my sorrow); but his father called him Benjamin (son of the right hand).
- 1 Samuel 4:21And she named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has left Israel,” because the ark of God had been taken and because of [the deaths of] her father-in-law and her husband.
- 1 Samuel 4:9Take courage, and be men, O Philistines, so that you do not become servants to the Hebrews, as they have been servants to you; act like men and fight!”
- 2 Samuel 23:5Truly is not my house so [blessed] with God? For He has made an everlasting covenant with me, Ordered in all things, and secured. For will He not cause to grow and prosper All my salvation and my every wish? Will He not make it grow and prosper?
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Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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