1 Chronicles 7:24

1 Chronicles 7:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)(And his daughter was Sherah, who built Beth–horon the nether, and the upper, and Uzzen–sherah.)
• New International Version (NIV)His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth Horon as well as Uzzen Sheerah.
• English Standard Version (ESV)His daughter was Sheerah, who built both Lower and Upper Beth-horon, and Uzzen-sheerah.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now his daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth Horon and Uzzen Sheerah;

Context of 1 Chronicles 7:24

22And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him. 23And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bore a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house. (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Bethhoron the lower, and the upper, and Uzzensherah.) 25And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son, 26Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,

1 Chronicles 7:24 word by word

וּבִתּ֣וֹ שֶׁאֱרָ֔ה וַתִּ֧בֶן אֶת־בֵּית־חוֹר֛וֹן הַתַּחְתּ֖וֹן וְאֶת־הָעֶלְי֑וֹן וְאֵ֖ת אֻזֵּ֥ן שֶׁאֱרָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• Sherahשֶׁאֱרָהshe'ĕrâh · SheerahH7609
• builtבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• Bethhoronבֵּית חוֹרֹןbêyth chôrôn · Beth-horonH1032
• lowerתַּחְתּוֹןtachtôn tachtôn · Lower (Beth Horon)H8481
• upperעֶלְיוֹן‛elyôn · Upper (Beth Horon)H5945
• Uzzensherahאֻזֵּן שֶׁאֱרָה'ûzzên she'ĕrâh · Uzzen-sheerahH242

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 7:24

• Joshua 16:3And goeth down westward to the border of Japhleti, to the border of Bethhoron the lower, and to Gezer: and the ends of it are at the sea.
• 1 Kings 9:17And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the lower,
• 2 Chronicles 8:5Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the lower, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 7:24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24His daughter was Sherah - That is, remnant; "called so," says the Targum, "because she was the remnant that escaped from the slaughter mentioned above."Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24Sherah could scarcely herself have built the Palestinian cities here mentioned, which must belong to a time not earlier than Joshua. By “she built” we must understand “her descendants built.”Read the comment
• 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 7:24

• Beth-Horon
• Ephraim
• Sherah
• Uzzen-Sherah

In the dictionaries

• Beth-Horon
• Bethhoron
• Uzzensherah
• Amram
• Chronicles, Books of
• Genealogy
• Sheerah
• Uzzen-Sheerah
• Dan
• Sherah

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