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Beriah
Disambiguation
The source enumerates 3 distinct subjects under Beriah. Jump to one below, or read in order.
A gift, or in evil.
Beriah (1)
#One of Asher’s four sons, and father of Heber (Gen. 46:17).
Beriah (2)
#A son of Ephraim (1 Chr. 7:20-23), born after the slaughter of his brothers, and so called by his father “because it went evil with his house” at that time.
Beriah (3)
#A Benjamite who with his brother Shema founded Ajalon and expelled the Gittites (1 Chr. 8:13).
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
(in evil, or a gift).
A son of Asher. (Genesis 46:17; Numbers 26:44,45) A son of Ephraim. (1 Chronicles 7:20-23) A Benjamite. (1 Chronicles 8:13,16) A Levite. (1 Chronicles 23:10,11)
In the Bible
10
Verses where Beriah is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Chronicles 7:23
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.
- 1 Chronicles 7:30
The children of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah.
- 1 Chronicles 7:31
The sons of Beriah: Heber, as well as Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.
- 1 Chronicles 8:13
and Beriah and Shema (who were the heads of families living in Aijalon and who drove out the inhabitants of Gath).
- 1 Chronicles 8:16
Michael, Ishpah, and Joha were the sons of Beriah.
- 1 Chronicles 23:10
And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These were the sons of Shimei—four in all.
+4 more verses naming Beriah.
Scripture on Beriah
5
Entries that reference Beriah
12
Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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