New King James Version
1 Chronicles 7:23
23And 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.
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 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. The men of Gath who were born in that land killed them because they came down to take away their cattle. 22Then Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him. 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. 24Now his daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth Horon and Uzzen Sheerah; 25and Rephah was his son, as well as Resheph, and 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 so it was, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she called his name Ben-Oni; but his father called him Benjamin.
- 1 Samuel 4:21Then 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 4:9Be strong and conduct yourselves like men, you Philistines, that you do not become servants of the Hebrews, as they have been to you. Conduct yourselves like men, and fight!”
- 2 Samuel 23:5“Although my house is not so with God, Yet He has made with me an everlasting covenant, Ordered in all things and secure. For this is all my salvation and all my desire; Will He not make it increase?
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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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