King James Version
What Does 1 Chronicles 2:34 Mean?
“Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.”
Context
32
And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children.
33
And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
34
Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.
35
And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai.
36
And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(34) **Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters.**—Comp. 1Chronicles 2:31 above, “And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai.” Those who insist upon a literal understanding of these lists reconcile the two statements by making Ahlai a daughter; others suppose that the chronicler has preserved for us in the present section fragments of at least two independent accounts.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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