1 Chronicles 7:23
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And 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.

Beriah that is, In evil

because Many similar instances of the naming of children from passing circumstances, occur throughout the sacred volume. See those of a similar character with this verse:

Genesis 35:18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.

, where Rachel, while dying, names her new-born son Ben-oni, or, the son of my sorrow. So in

1 Samuel 4:21 And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken...

, the wife of Phinehas, on being apprised of the death of Eli and her husband, and that the ark was taken by the Philistines, while in the pains of travail, and dying, named her son I-chabod, or, there is no glory. So also in the

4th chapter of this book, ver.

1 Samuel 4:9 Be strong and quit yourselves like men, O you Philistines, that you be not servants to the Hebrews, as they have been to you...

, we read that Jabez, or, sorrowful, had that name given to him, because his mother `bare him with sorrow.'

2 Samuel 23:5 Although my house be not so with God; yet he has made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure...

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
He slept with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. So he named him Beriah, because there had been misfortune in his home.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Then he went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son, and he named him Beriah, because misfortune had come upon his house.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
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.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Later, Ephraim had marital relations with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son, whom he named Beriah, because his household had been visited with disaster.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bore a son, and he called his name Beriah, because tragedy came to his house.

American King James Version
And 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.

American Standard Version
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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he went in to his wife: and she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Beria, because he was born when it went evil with his house:

Darby Bible Translation
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.

English Revised Version
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.

Webster's Bible Translation
And 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.

World English Bible
He went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bore a son, and he named him Beriah, because it went evil with his house.

Young's Literal Translation
and he goeth in unto his wife, and she conceiveth and beareth a son, and he calleth his name Beriah, because in evil had been his house, --

1 Chronicles 7:22 And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.


1 Chronicles 7:24 (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Bethhoron the nether, and the upper, and Uzzensherah.)

He slept with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. So he named him Beriah, because there had been misfortune in his home. —HCSB

Then he went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son, and he named him Beriah, because misfortune had come upon his house. —NASB

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. —KJV


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1 Chronicles Chapter 7 Verse 23

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