1 Chronicles 7:23
21 Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son. Ezer and Elead were killed by the natives of Gath, because they went down to steal their livestock.
22 Their father Ephraim mourned for many days, and his relatives came to comfort him.
And again he slept with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. So he named him Beriah, because tragedy had come upon his house.
24 His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth-horon, as well as Uzzen-sheerah.
25 Additionally, Rephah was his son, Resheph his son, Telah his son, Tahan his son,
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- And again he slept with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. So he named him Beriah, because tragedy had come upon his house.
- 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.
- WEB
- He went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son, and he named him Beriah, because there was trouble with his house.
- ASV
- And he went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
- DARBY
- And he went in to his wife; and she conceived, and bore a son; and he called his name Beriah, for [he was born] when calamity was in his house.
- BLB
- And he went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Beriah, because disaster had come upon his house.
- ÅB
- Og han gikk inn til sin hustru, og hun ble fruktsommelig og fødte en sønn; og han gav ham navnet Beria, fordi der hadde vært ulykke i hans hus.
- OTB
- Så gikk han til sin kone, og hun ble gravid og fødte en sønn,
som han kalte Beria, fordi ulykke hadde kommet over hans hus. - B1930
- Og han gikk inn til sin hustru, og hun blev fruktsommelig og fødte en sønn; og han gav ham navnet Beria, fordi der hadde vært ulykke i hans hus.
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Cross references
2 Samuel 23:5
Is not my house right with God? For He has established with me an everlasting covenant, ordered and secured in every part. Will He not bring about my full salvation and my every desire?
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