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1 Chronicles 7:24

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24 His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth-horon and Uzzen-sheerah,

1 Chronicles 7:24 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 7:24

And his daughter was Sherah
That is, the daughter of Beriah; not an immediate daughter, but a descendant of his, otherwise she could not have reached the times of Joshua, as she did by what follows:

who built Bethhoron the nether, and the upper;
which were cities on the border of the tribe of Ephraim; which the Israelites having taken from the Canaanites, and destroyed, she rebuilt, see ( Joshua 16:3 Joshua 16:5 )

and Uzzensherah;
which was called after her own name, and to distinguish it from another place called Uzzen; though of neither of them do we read elsewhere.

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1 Chronicles 7:24 In-Context

22 Their father Ephraim mourned a long time, and his relatives came to comfort him.
23 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.
24 His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth-horon and Uzzen-sheerah,
25 his son Rephah, his son Resheph, his son Telah, his son Tahan,
26 his son Ladan, his son Ammihud, his son Elishama,
Holman Christian Standard Bible ® Copyright © 2003, 2002, 2000, 1999 by Holman Bible Publishers.  Used by permission.  All rights reserved.

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