Sheerah Daughter of Beriah Builds Upper Beth-horon Lower Beth-horon and Uzzen-sheerah — Bible Events

1 Chronicles 7:20-24 preserves an unusual moment in the Chronicler's Ephraimite genealogy — the record of a woman city-builder: "The sons of Ephraim... Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle. And Ephraim their father mourned many days... and called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house. And his daughter was Sherah, who built Beth-horon the nether, and the upper, and Uzzen-sherah." Beriah's name (meaning "in evil") preserved the family memory of the cattle-raid loss; his daughter Sheerah's building program secured the strategic Aijalon Valley pass.

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1 ChroniclesWhere the Warriors Came From

Chronicles keeps rolling through Israel's tribal records — and tucked inside the names and numbers are stories you don't want to miss. There's a father who named his son 'disaster,' a woman who built entire cities, and a family line that ends with Joshua himself.

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