1 Chronicles 7:24His daughter was Sheerah, who built Beth Horon the lower and the upper, and Uzzen Sheerah.
The setting
Post-exilic Israel, ~400 BC. The chronicler records genealogies in Jerusalem, emphasizing women builders...
The emotion here: respectful admiration for forgotten female achievement
The original word
banah (בָּנָה) — to build, establish, literally 'to make firm'
Why it matters
Beth Horon controlled the strategic pass between the coast and Jerusalem highlands
Read with care
What most readers miss in 1 Chronicles 7:24
In male-dominated genealogies, this woman gets credit for major construction projects
Common misconceptionPeople assume ancient women couldn't lead construction projects, but Sheerah built entire fortified cities that controlled major trade routes.
The thread continues
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Bible Genome reading
1 Chronicles 7:24 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
1 Chronicles 7:24 comes from the book of 1 Chronicles, written during the United Kingdom period. These words are attributed to Narrator. The dominant emotion in this verse is growing, with a comfort power of 40% and a tone that is celebratory. It belongs to the narrative genre of biblical literature. Key themes include female leadership, building, legacy. Notable phrases: Sheerah built; Beth Horon.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same growing
“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”
— Proverbs 22:6
“So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”
— Romans 10:17
“He must increase, but I must decrease.”
— John 3:30
“Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.”
— Galatians 6:2
“He believed in Yahweh; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.”
— Genesis 15:6
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