KJV King James Version
Beerah his son, whom Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria carried away [captive]: he [was] prince of the Reubenites.
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1 Chronicles 5:6
Beerah his son, whom Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria carried away [captive]: he [was] prince of the Reubenites.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
and Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria carried into exile. Beerah was a leader of the Reubenites.
WEB World English Bible
Beerah his son, whom Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.
ASV American Standard Version
Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-Pilneser king of Asshur removed; he is prince of the Reubenite.
Surrounding context — 1 Chronicles 5
3 The sons, [I say], of Reuben the firstborn of Israel [were], Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
4 The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
5 Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son,
6 Beerah his son, whom Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria carried away [captive]: he [was] prince of the Reubenites.
7 And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, [were] the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
8 And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baalmeon:
9 And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.
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בְּאֵרָ֣הH880 · be.e.rahBeerahבְנ֔וֹH1121 · benson: childאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichהֶגְלָ֔הH1540 · ga.lahHeglamתִּלְּגַ֥תH8407 · tig.lat pil.e.serTiglath-pileserפִּלְנְאֶ֖סֶרH8407 · tig.lat pil.e.serTiglath-pileserמֶ֣לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingאַשֻּׁ֑רH804 · ash.shurAssyriaה֥וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itנָשִׂ֖יאH5387 · na.sileaderלָרֽאוּבֵנִֽי׃H7206 · re.u.ve.niReubenite
Cross-references
1 Chronicles 5:26And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.2 Chronicles 28:20And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.2 Kings 16:7So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying, I [am] thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me.2 Kings 15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.
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