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Douay-Rheims Bible

1 Chronicles 5:6

Beera his son, whom Thelgathphalnasar king of the Assyrians carried away captive, and he was prince in the tribe of Ruben.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Assyria;   Beerah;   Reuben;   Tiglath-Pileser;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Reuben, the Tribe of;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Tiglath-Pileser Iii.;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Beerah;   Chronicles, the Books of;   Tiglath Pileser;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Beerah;   Gog and Magog;   Nimrod;   Tiglath-Pileser;   Tilgath-Pilneser;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Beerah;   Hagrites, Hagarites, Hagarenes;   Shemaiah;   Tiglath-Pileser;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Beerah ;   Tiglathpileser, Tilgathpilneser ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Kingdom of christ of heaven;   Kingdom of god;   Kingdom of heaven;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Be-E'rah,;   Til'gath-Pilne'ser;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Baal (2);   Beerah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Hosea, the Prophet;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
and his son Beerah.
Hebrew Names Version
Be'erah his son, whom Tilgat-Pilne'eser king of Ashshur carried away captive: he was prince of the Re'uveni.
King James Version
Beerah his son, whom Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.
English Standard Version
Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria carried away into exile; he was a chief of the Reubenites.
New Century Version
Beerah was Baal's son. Beerah was a leader of the tribe of Reuben. Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria captured him and took him away.
New English Translation
and his son Beerah, whom King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria carried into exile. Beerah was the tribal leader of Reuben.
Amplified Bible
Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away into exile; he was a leader of the tribe of Reuben.
New American Standard Bible
and Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria took into exile; he was leader of the Reubenites.
World English Bible
Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Beerah his sonne: whom Tilgath Pilneeser King of Asshur caryed away: he was a prince of the Reubenites.
Legacy Standard Bible
Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria took away into exile; he was leader of the Reubenites.
Berean Standard Bible
and Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria carried into exile. Beerah was a leader of the Reubenites.
Complete Jewish Bible
and his son Be'erah. Tilgat-Piln'eser king of Ashur carried him away captive; he was leader of the Re'uveni.
Darby Translation
Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-Pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.
Easy-to-Read Version
Beerah was Baal's son. King Tiglath Pileser of Assyria forced Beerah to leave his home. So Beerah became the king's prisoner. Beerah was a leader of the tribe of Reuben.
George Lamsa Translation
Abdaiah his son, whom Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria carried away captive; he was the prince of the tribe of Reubenites.
Lexham English Bible
Beerah his son, a leader of the Reubenites, whom Tiglath-Pilneser king of Assyria deported into exile.
Literal Translation
Beerah, his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria exiled. He was ruler of the men of Reuben.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
whose sonne was Beera, whom Teglatphalasser the kynge of Assiria caried awaye presoner. He was a prynce amonge the Rubenites.
American Standard Version
Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.
Bible in Basic English
Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, took away as a prisoner: he was chief of the Reubenites.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Beera his sonne, whom Thiglath Pilneser king of Assyria caried away: for he was a great lorde among the Rubenites.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Beerah his son, whom Tillegath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive; he was prince of the Reubenites.
King James Version (1611)
Beerah his sonne: whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, carried away captiue: He was Prince of the Reubenites.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
his son Beel, whom Thagla-phallasar king of Assyria carried away captive: he is the chief of the Rubenites.
English Revised Version
Beerah his son, whom Tilgath–pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
his sone, Bera; whom Theglatphalassar, kyng of Assyriens, ledde prisoner; and he was prince in the lynage of Ruben.
Update Bible Version
Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.
Webster's Bible Translation
Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away [captive]: he [was] prince of the Reubenites.
New King James Version
and Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-Pileser [fn] king of Assyria carried into captivity. He was leader of the Reubenites.
New Living Translation
and Beerah. Beerah was the leader of the Reubenites when they were taken into captivity by King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria.
New Life Bible
and Beerah his son. Beerah was the one whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away to a strange land. He was a leader of the Reubenites.
New Revised Standard
Beerah his son, whom King Tilgath-pilneser of Assyria carried away into exile; he was a chieftain of the Reubenites.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive, - he, was a leader to the Reubenites;
Revised Standard Version
Be-er'ah his son, whom Til'gath-pilne'ser king of Assyria carried away into exile; he was a chieftain of the Reubenites.
Young's Literal Translation
Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-Pilneser king of Asshur removed; he [is] prince of the Reubenite.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away into exile; he was leader of the Reubenites.

Contextual Overview

1 Now the sons of Ruben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was his firstborn: but forasmuch as he defiled his father’s bed, his first birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel, and he was not accounted for the firstborn. 2 But of the race of Juda, who was the strongest among his brethren, came the princes: but the first birthright was accounted to Joseph.) 3 The sons then of Ruben the firstborn of Israel were Enoch, and Phallu, Esron, and Charmi. 4 The sons of Joel: Samaia his son, Gog his son, Semei his son, 5 Micha his son, Reia his son, Baal his son, 6 Beera his son, whom Thelgathphalnasar king of the Assyrians carried away captive, and he was prince in the tribe of Ruben. 7 And his brethren, and all his kindred, when they were numbered by their families, had for princes Jehiel, and Zacharias. 8 And Bala the son of Azaz, the son of Samma, the son of Joel, dwelt in Aroer as far as Nebo, and Beelmeon. 9 And eastward he had his habitation as far as the entrance of the desert, and the river Euphrates. For they possessed a great number of cattle in the land of Galaad. 10 And in the days of Saul they fought against the Agarites, and slew them, and dwelt in their tents in their stead, in all the country, that looketh to the east of Galaad.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Beerah: i.e. a well, [Strong's H880], After their separation from the house of David, the ten tribes continued to have princes of the tribes, till the time that Tiglath-pileser carried them captive; at which time Beerah, who according to the Targum was the same as Baruch, was their prince.

Tilgathpilneser: 1 Chronicles 5:26, 2 Kings 15:29, 2 Kings 16:7, Tiglath-pileser

Reubenites: Numbers 26:7

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 5:22 - until the captivity

Cross-References

Genesis 4:26
But to Seth also was born a son, whom he called Enos: this man began to call upon the name of the Lord.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Beerah his son,.... The last of Joel's posterity, who, according to the Targum and other Jewish writers q was a prophet, and the father of Hosea, see Hosea 1:1 but neither the name, title, time, nor tribe, agree:

whom Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria carried away captive; the same with Tiglathpileser by a transposition of letters, 2 Kings 15:29 and is read the same here in the Greek, Syriac, and Arabic versions:

he [was] prince of the Reubenites; at that time; that is, Beerah was.

q Aben Ezra in Hos. i. 1. Pesikta apud Abarbinel. in ib.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Chronicles 5:6. Beerah his son — After their separation from the house of David the ten tribes continued to have princes of the tribes; and this continued till the time that Tiglath-pileser carried them captives into Assyria. At that time Beerah was their prince or chief; and with him this species of dominion or precedency terminated. According to the Targum, Beerah was the same as Baruch the prophet.


 
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