King James Version
What Does 1 Chronicles 7:24 Mean?
“(And his daughter was Sherah, who built Bethhoron the nether, and the upper, and Uzzensherah.)”
Context
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 evil with his house.
24
(And his daughter was Sherah, who built Bethhoron the nether, and the upper, and Uzzensherah.)
25
And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son,
26
Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(24) **His daughter**—*i.e.,* Ephraim’s.
**Built** may mean rebuilt, or restored, or fortified (Joshua 6:26; Psalm 102:16; 2Chronicles 11:6).
**Beth-horon the nether, and the upper.**—The two Beth-horons (Joshua 10:10) were apparently a Canaanite foundation. They are now *Beit ur et-Tahta* and *Beit-ur el-Fariqa*—i.e., Lower and Upper Beitur.
**Uzzen-sherah.**—Sherah’s ear, or peak, only mentioned here. The relation of Sherah to Beth-horon may be compared with that of Achsah to the Negeb of Judah (Joshua 15:19. Cf. also Joshua 17:4).
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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