Beriah
Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)
(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)
Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
A gift, or in evil. (1.) One of Asher’s four sons, and father of Heber (Gen. 46:17).
(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.
(3.) A Benjamite who with his brother Shema founded Ajalon and expelled the Gittites (1 Chr. 8:13).
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