Person Old Testament
Sheerah
Also known as Sheerah =ESV, NIV; Sherah =KJV
Sheerah, granddaughter of Ephraim, who built Beth-horon and Uzzen-sheerah. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 7:24.
Why it matters. Ephraim's granddaughter who built three towns
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Sheerah
Sheerah was the granddaughter of Ephraim, the son of Beriah. She is mentioned in 1Ch.7.24 as the builder of the lower and upper Beth-horon and Uzzen-sheerah. Building cities was an unusual achievement for a woman in ancient times, suggesting that Sheerah was a prominent figure. The location of Uzzen-sheerah is unknown, but Beth-horon was a significant town in the territory of Ephraim.
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.
- Parents
- Beriah
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)