1 Chronicles 7:23
21 And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle.
22 And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.
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.
24 (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Beth-horon the nether, and the upper, and Uzzen-sherah.)
25 And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and 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.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Samuel 23:5
Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.
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