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.
Note 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.
Note “Beriah” is similar to the Hebrew word for “misfortune”.
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.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- 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: Ge 35:18, where Rachel, while dying, names her new-born son Ben-oni, or, the son of my sorrow. So in 1 SA 4:21, 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. 9, we read that Jabez, or, sorrowful, had that name given to him, because his mother "bare him with sorrow."
- 2 Samuel 23:5