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1Ch_7:23 And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
Ver. 23. And when he went in to his wife.] A modest expression of the marriage duty. The apostle forbiddeth filthy speaking; {Eph_4:25; Eph_4:29; Eph_5:4} so doth Cicero, in his "Offices," inveighing against the Cynics for their obscene language.
She conceived, and bare a son.] Of whom came a large offspring. This was a great mercy to the good old man.
And he called his name Beriah.] {a} That is, In affliction. Hereby he would immind himself and his posterity of the evil which had befallen his house, that they might hear, and fear, and do no more so. {b}
{a} A malo et ululatu. - Lavat.
{b} Optimum est aliena frui insania.