1 Chronicles 7:23

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

21and Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elad. And the men of Gath born in the land slew them, because they came down to take their cattle. 22And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him. And he went in to his wife; and she conceived, and bore a son; and he called his name Beriah, for [he was born] when calamity was in his house. 24And his daughter was Sheerah; and she built Beth-horon the nether, and the upper, and Uzzen-sheerah. 25And his son was Rephah, and Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son,

1 Chronicles 7:23 word by word

וַיָּבֹא֙ אֶל־אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ וַתַּ֖הַר וַתֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֑ן וַיִּקְרָ֤א אֶת־שְׁמוֹ֙ בְּרִיעָ֔ה כִּ֥י בְרָעָ֖ה הָיְתָ֥ה בְּבֵיתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• wentבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• wifeאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• conceivedהָרָהhârâh · to conceiveH2029
• boreיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call byH7121
• nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• Beriahבְּרִיעָהberîy‛âh · BeriahH1283
• calamityרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: harmfulH7451
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 7:23

• Genesis 35:18And it came to pass as her soul was departing — for she died — that she called his name Benoni; but his father called him Benjamin.
• 1 Samuel 4:21And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel; because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father-in-law and her husband.
• 1 Samuel 4:9Shew yourselves valiant and be men, ye Philistines, that ye may not have to be servants to the Hebrews, as they have been servants to you: be men, and fight.
• 2 Samuel 23:5Although my house be not so before God, Yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, Ordered in every way and sure; For [this is] all my salvation, and every desire, Although he make [it] not to grow.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 7:23

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-27The genealogy of Ephraim's descendants includes a story about how the tribe settled in Canaan (1 Chronicles 7:21–24). The genealogy concludes with Joshua, son of Nun, who led Israel into the promised land.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 7:23

• Beriah
• Ephraim

In the dictionaries

• Beriah
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• Chronicles, Books of
• Genealogy
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• 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