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1 Chronicles 7:23

1 Chronicles 7:23 is verse 23 of 1 Chronicles chapter 7, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

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.

Beriah sounds like the Hebrew for tragedy or disaster.

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.

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.

“Beriah” is similar to the Hebrew word for “misfortune”.

1 Chronicles 7:21–25 · Berean Standard Bible

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.

23 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,

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