New English Translation
1 Chronicles 7:23
23He had sexual relations with his wife; she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Ephraim named him Beriah because tragedy had come to his family.
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
21his son Zabad, his son Shuthelah (Ezer and Elead were killed by the men of Gath, who were natives of the land, when they went down to steal their cattle. 22Their father Ephraim mourned for them many days and his brothers came to console him. He had sexual relations with his wife; she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Ephraim named him Beriah because tragedy had come to his family. 24His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth Horon, as well as Uzzen Sheerah), 25his son Rephah, his son Resheph, his son Telah, his son Tahan,
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 35:18With her dying breath, she named him Ben-Oni. But his father called him Benjamin instead.
- 1 Samuel 4:21She named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” referring to the capture of the ark of God and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband.
- 1 Samuel 4:9Be strong and act like men, you Philistines, or else you will wind up serving the Hebrews the way they have served you! Act like men and fight!”
- 2 Samuel 23:5My dynasty is approved by God, for he has made a perpetual covenant with me, arranged in all its particulars and secured. He always delivers me, and brings all I desire to fruition.
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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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