1 Chronicles 7:22

1 Chronicles 7:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.
• New International Version (NIV)Their father Ephraim mourned for them many days, and his relatives came to comfort him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.

Context of 1 Chronicles 7:22

20The descendants of Ephraim: 21Shuthelah, Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son, Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son. Ezer and Elead were killed by the natives of Gath, because they went down to steal their livestock. Their father Ephraim mourned for many days, and his relatives came to comfort him. 23And again he slept with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. So he named him Beriah, because tragedy had come upon his house. 24His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth-horon, as well as Uzzen-sheerah.

1 Chronicles 7:22 word by word

וַיִּתְאַבֵּ֛ל אֶפְרַ֥יִם אֲבִיהֶ֖ם יָמִ֣ים רַבִּ֑ים וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ אֶחָ֖יו לְנַחֲמֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• Their fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• Ephraimאֶפְרַ֫יִם'ephrayim · EphraimH669
• mournedאָבַל'âbal · to mournH56
• for manyרַבrab · manyH7227
• daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• and his relativesאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251
• cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• to comfort himנָחַםnâcham · to be sorry: comfortH5162

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 7:22

• Genesis 37:34Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
• Job 2:11Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 7:22

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22Ephraim is recorded as the father of Ezer and Elead. However, Ephraim, the son of Joseph, could not have settled in Canaan after the Exodus. Traditionally, people imagined an early exodus for Ephraim's family. Other possibilities include that the name Ephraim is a scribal error or that Ephraim referred to the tribe, not Joseph's son.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 7:22

• Beriah
• Ephraim

In the dictionaries

• Ephraim
• Ephraim, Ephraimite
• Beriah
• Amram
• Chronicles, Books of
• Genealogy
• Dan
• Shuthelah

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