1 Chronicles 8:13
New International Version
and Beriah and Shema, who were heads of families of those living in Aijalon and who drove out the inhabitants of Gath.

New Living Translation
Beriah, and Shema. They were the leaders of the clans living in Aijalon, and they drove out the inhabitants of Gath.

English Standard Version
and Beriah and Shema (they were heads of fathers’ houses of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who caused the inhabitants of Gath to flee);

Berean Standard Bible
and Beriah and Shema (who were the heads of families of the inhabitants of Aijalon and who drove out the inhabitants of Gath).

King James Bible
Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:

New King James Version
and Beriah and Shema, who were heads of their fathers’ houses of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove out the inhabitants of Gath.

New American Standard Bible
and Beriah and Shema, who were heads of fathers’ households of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who put the inhabitants of Gath to flight;

NASB 1995
and Beriah and Shema, who were heads of fathers’ households of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath;

NASB 1977
and Beriah and Shema, who were heads of fathers’ households of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath;

Legacy Standard Bible
and Beriah and Shema, who were heads of fathers’ households of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who made the inhabitants of Gath flee;

Amplified Bible
and Beriah and Shema, who were heads of fathers’ households of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove out the inhabitants of Gath;

Christian Standard Bible
Beriah and Shema, who were the family heads of Aijalon’s residents and who drove out the residents of Gath,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Beriah and Shema, who were the heads of families of Aijalon’s residents and who drove out the residents of Gath,

American Standard Version
and Beriah, and Shema, who were heads of fathers' houses of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he was the head of the fathers over the dwellers of Gath.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
and Beria, and Sama; these were heads of families among the dwellers in Elam, and they drove out the inhabitants of Geth.

Contemporary English Version
Beriah and Shema were family leaders in the clan that lived in the town of Aijalon and that forced out the people of Gath.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Baria, and Sama were heads of their kindreds that dwelt in Aialon: these drove away the inhabitants of Geth.

English Revised Version
and Beriah, and Shema, who were heads of fathers' houses of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Beriah and Shema were the heads of the families who lived in Aijalon. They forced out the people living in Gath.

Good News Translation
Beriah and Shema were heads of families that settled in the city of Aijalon and drove out the people who lived in the city of Gath.

International Standard Version
Beriah and Shema, leaders of ancestral households in Aijalon who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath,

JPS Tanakh 1917
and Beriah, and Shema, who were heads of fathers' houses of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath.

Literal Standard Version
and Beriah and Shema (they [are] the heads of fathers to the inhabitants of Aijalon—they caused the inhabitants of Gath to flee),

Majority Standard Bible
and Beriah and Shema (who were the heads of families of the inhabitants of Aijalon and who drove out the inhabitants of Gath).

New American Bible
and Beriah, and Shema. They were family heads of those who dwelt in Aijalon, and they put the inhabitants of Gath to flight.

NET Bible
Beriah, and Shema. They were leaders of the families living in Aijalon and chased out the inhabitants of Gath.

New Revised Standard Version
and Beriah and Shema (they were heads of ancestral houses of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath);

New Heart English Bible
and Beriah, and Shema, who were heads of ancestral houses of the inhabitants of Aijalon (who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath);

Webster's Bible Translation
Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Ajalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:

World English Bible
and Beriah and Shema, who were heads of fathers’ households of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath;

Young's Literal Translation
and Beriah and Shema, (they are the heads of fathers to the inhabitants of Aijalon -- they caused to flee the inhabitants of Gath),

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Context
Genealogy from Benjamin to Saul
12The sons of Elpaal: Eber, Misham, Shemed (who built Ono and Lod with its villages), 13and Beriah and Shema (who were the heads of families of the inhabitants of Aijalon and who drove out the inhabitants of Gath). 14Ahio, Shashak, Jeremoth,…

Cross References
Joshua 10:12
On the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: "O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon."

Joshua 11:22
No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites; only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any survive.

1 Chronicles 8:12
The sons of Elpaal: Eber, Misham, Shemed (who built Ono and Lod with its villages),

1 Chronicles 8:14
Ahio, Shashak, Jeremoth,


Treasury of Scripture

Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:

Shema

1 Chronicles 8:21
And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi;

Shimhi

1 Chronicles 2:49,50,52
She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah…

1 Chronicles 4:4
And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem.

Ajalon

Joshua 19:42
And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,

Ajalon

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(13) Beriah also, and Shema.--After these two names the Masoretic punctuators have put a stop. Thus 1Chronicles 8:12-13 give five sons of Elpaal. Or 1Chronicles 8:13 may be disconnected from 1Chronicles 8:12, and Beriah and Shema regarded as beginning a new series of Benjamite clans.

Who were heads of the fathers. . . .--Rather, "THEY were heads of the clans of the inhabitants of Aijalon; THEY put to flight the inhabitants of Gath." The pronoun is emphatic in both cases. The clans of Beriah and Shema, who were settled at Ajalon (Yalo), near Gibeon, appear to have expelled a Gittite population from Ajalon, and dwelt in their stead. At all events, there is evident allusion to some famous exploit, in which the two Benjamite houses were more fortunate than the Ephraimites Ezer and Elead (1Chronicles 7:21). We must not identify this Benjamite Beriah with the Ephraimite Beriah of 1Chronicles 7:23. There was also an Asherite clan of Beriah (1Chronicles 7:30). . . .

Verse 13. - Aijalon. A similar kind of history belongs to this place. It was assigned to Dan (Joshua 19:40-48). Unsubdued by them (Judges 1:34-36), the Ephraimites possessed it awhile (1 Chronicles 6:47-49), until it came to be more like the common property or care of Benjamin and Judah, situated as it was on their boundary line (1 Samuel 14:31; 2 Chronicles 11:10; 2 Chronicles 28:18).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Beriah
וּבְרִעָ֣ה (ū·ḇə·ri·‘āh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1283: Beriah -- four Israelites

and Shema
וָשֶׁ֔מַע (wā·še·ma‘)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 8087: Shema -- a sound

(who
הֵ֚מָּה (hêm·māh)
Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

were the heads
רָאשֵׁ֣י (rā·šê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 7218: The head

of families
הָאָב֔וֹת (hā·’ā·ḇō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1: Father

of the inhabitants
לְיוֹשְׁבֵ֖י (lə·yō·wō·šə·ḇê)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

of Aijalon
אַיָּל֑וֹן (’ay·yā·lō·wn)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 357: Aijalon -- 'deer', the name of several cities in Palestine

and who
הֵ֥מָּה (hêm·māh)
Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

drove out
הִבְרִ֖יחוּ (hiḇ·rî·ḥū)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 1272: To bolt, to flee suddenly

the inhabitants
י֥וֹשְׁבֵי (yō·wō·šə·ḇê)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

of Gath).
גַֽת׃ (ḡaṯ)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 1661: Gath -- 'wine press', a Philistine city


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