1 Chronicles 7:22

Their father Ephraim mourned for them a long time, and his relatives came to comfort him.

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And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.

In Context

21Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son. Ezer and Elead were killed by the men who were living in Gath when they went there to try and steal their livestock.

23Then he slept with his wife again. She became pregnant and gave birth to a son, whom he named Beriah because of this family tragedy.

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Cross References

Genesis 37:34Jacob tore his clothes in grief and dressed in sackcloth. He mourned the death of his son for a long time.

Job 2:11When three of Job's friends heard of all the trouble that had happened to him, they each left their homes: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They met together and went to comfort and console him.

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 7:21-40

Genealogies. ( b. c. 1630.) 20 And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son, 21 And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle. 22 And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him. 23 And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went… Read the whole commentary →

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