Person Old Testament
Beriah
Beriah was born to Ephraim after his other sons were killed by the men of Gath. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 7:23.
Why it matters. Son of Ephraim born after family tragedy
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Beriah
Beriah was a son of Ephraim, the younger son of Joseph, born after a tragic event in the family's history (1Ch. 7:23). The men of Gath, who were native to the land, had killed Ephraim's other sons when they went down to raid the Gathites' livestock. In response to this loss, Ephraim named his next son Beriah, which means "misfortune" or "tragedy," because of the calamity that had befallen his house. This event highlights the challenges and conflicts faced by the Israelites as they settled in Canaan and interacted with the local populations.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
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Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
1 Chronicles (1 verse)