Easton's Bible Dictionary: M. G. Easton, M.A., D.D.

Beriah

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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