1 Chronicles 7:23

23 Then he had sexual relations with his wife again. She became pregnant and gave birth to a son whom Ephraim named Beriahn because of the trouble that had happened to his family.

1 Chronicles 7:23 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 7:23

And when he went in to his wife
After his grief and sorrow in part at least had subsided:

she conceived and bare a son;
which in some measure made up for the loss he had sustained:

and he called his name Beriah;
which signifies being "in evil" or calamity, he being born in an evil time:

because it went evil with his house;
or evil was in his house, as Noldius ^F13, in his family; a great calamity had befallen it.

---

FOOTNOTES:

F13 Ebr. Concord. Part. No. 750. p. 165.

1 Chronicles 7:23 In-Context

21 Tahath's son was Zabad. Zabad's son was Shuthelah. Ezer and Elead went to Gath to steal cows and sheep and were killed by some men who grew up in that city.

22 Their father Ephraim cried for them many days, and his family came to comfort him.

23 Then he had sexual relations with his wife again. She became pregnant and gave birth to a son whom Ephraim named Beriahn because of the trouble that had happened to his family.

24 Ephraim's daughter was Sheerah. She built Lower Beth Horon, Upper Beth Horon, and Uzzen Sheerah.

25 Rephah was Ephraim's son. Resheph was Rephah's son. Telah was Resheph's son. Tahan was Telah's son.