1 Chronicles 7:31 BSB

1 Chronicles 7:31

The sons of Beriah: Heber, as well as Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.

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ASV

And the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.

KJV

And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father of Birzavith.

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Commentary

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Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dan. Why they only should be omitted we can assign no reason; only it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan that idolatry began in that colony of the Danites which fixed in Laish, and called Dan, and there one of the golden calves was set up by Jeroboam.

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7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּבְנֵ֣י	u.ve.Nei	and [the] sons of	H1121 →
בְרִיעָ֔ה	ve.ri.'Ah	Beriah	H1283 →
חֶ֖בֶר	Che.ver	Heber	H2268 →
וּמַלְכִּיאֵ֑ל	u.mal.ki.'El	and Malkiel	H4439 →
ה֖וּא	hu'	he	H1931 →
אֲבִ֥י	'a.Vi	[was] [the] father	H1 →
בִרְזָֽיִת׃	vir.zot	Birzaith	H1269 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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