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1 Chronicles 7:23
23Then 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.
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.
- 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.
- 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 and Shuthelah his son. Ezer and Elead were killed by the native-born men of Gath, when they went down to seize their livestock. 22Their father Ephraim mourned for them many days, and his relatives came to comfort him. 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. 24His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth Horon as well as 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 35:18As she breathed her last—for she was dying—she named her son Ben-Oni. But his father named him Benjamin.
- 1 Samuel 4:21She named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The Glory has departed from Israel”—because of the capture of the ark of God and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband.
- 1 Samuel 4:9Be strong, Philistines! Be men, or you will be subject to the Hebrews, as they have been to you. Be men, and fight!”
- 2 Samuel 23:5“If my house were not right with God, surely he would not have made with me an everlasting covenant, arranged and secured in every part; surely he would not bring to fruition my salvation and grant me my every 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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