◄ 1 Chronicles 7:23 ►
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.
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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...



Context
Descendants of Ephraim

20And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son, 21And 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. 22And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers 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. 24(And his daughter was Sherah, who built Bethhoron the nether, 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. 27Non his son, Jehoshuah his son. 28And their possessions and habitations were, Bethel and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, to Gaza and the towns thereof: 29And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Bethshean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelled the children of Joseph the son of Israel.
Parallel Verses
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.

King James Bible
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.

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, --

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