English Standard Version
1 Chronicles 7:23
23And 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.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Afterward Ephraim slept with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Ephraim named him Beriah because of the tragedy his family had suffered.
Context of 1 Chronicles 7:23
21Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead, whom the men of Gath who were born in the land killed, because they came down to raid their livestock. 22And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him. 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. 24His daughter was Sheerah, who built both Lower and Upper Beth-horon, and Uzzen-sheerah. 25Rephah was his son, Resheph his son, Telah his son, 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 was dying), she called his name Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin.
- 1 Samuel 4:21And she named the child Ichabod, saying, "The glory has departed from Israel!" because the ark of God had been captured and because of her father-in-law and her husband.
- 1 Samuel 4:9Take courage, and be men, O Philistines, lest you become slaves to the Hebrews as they have been to you; be men and fight."
- 2 Samuel 23:5"For does not my house stand so with God? For he has made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things and secure. For will he not cause to prosper all my help and my desire?
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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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