1 Chronicles 2:34
in 1 Chronicles 2Sheshan had no sons, but only daughters; but he did have an Egyptian servant named Jarha.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.
KJV
Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 2
Commentary
6 notes on this verseNow Sheshan had no sons, but daughters,.... And but one of that sort, whose name was Ahlai, 1Ch 2:31 the plural being put here for the singular; or, if that is the name of a son, as some think, he died in his father's lifetime, and left no issue; so that there only remained daughters, and it seems but one by the next verse: and Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha; one born in his house, and brought up by him, and a proselyte, such an one as Eliezer in Abraham's family.
This site's exposition
the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and Bunah
on 1 Chronicles 2:25-41
Jerahmeel's branch runs eleven generations in bare names, several closing with the notice that a son died without children, the record's own way of marking a line that goes no further. It ends in Sheshan, who had no sons, so he gave his daughter to Jarha, his Egyptian servant, and their marriage carries the family six more generations to Elishama, an Egyptian proselyte grafted into Judah much as the Moabite woman Ruth is grafted into Ram's own line earlier in this chapter.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
If it be mentioned to his praise, we must suppose that this Egyptian was proselyted to the Jewish religion and that he was very eminent for wisdom and virtue, otherwise it would not have become a true-born Israelite to match a daughter to him, especially an only daughter.
Let those that are in any of these ways afflicted not think their case new or singular. Providence orders these affairs of families by an incontestable sovereignty, as pleaseth him, giving children, or withholding them, or giving all of one sex. He is not bound to please us, but we are bound to acquiesce in his good pleasure.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Sheshan had no sons, but daughters--either he had no sons alive at his death, or his family consisted wholly of daughters, of whom Ahlai (1Ch 2:31) was one, she being specially mentioned on account of the domestic relations about to be noted.
Whose name was Jarha - “And he gave him his liberty, and gave him Sheshan his daughter to wife.” - T.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְלֹֽא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| הָיָ֧ה | hayah | it belonged | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לְשֵׁשָׁ֛ן | lesheshan | to Sheshan | H8348 → | 5 times |
| בָּנִ֖ים | banim | sons | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| כִּ֣י | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אִם־ | ʾim- | except | H518 → | 1069 times |
| בָּנ֑וֹת | banot | daughters | H1323 → | 588 times |
| וּלְשֵׁשָׁ֛ן | ulesheshan | and [belonged] to Sheshan | H8348 → | 5 times |
| עֶ֥בֶד | ʾeved | a slave | H5650 → | 799 times |
| מִצְרִ֖י | mitzri | Egyptian | H4713 → | 70 times |
| וּשְׁמ֥וֹ | ushemo | and name his | H8034 → | 864 times |
| יַרְחָֽע׃ | yarcha' | [was] Jarha | H3398 → |
וְלֹֽא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
הָיָ֧הit belonged
hayahH1961 →3559 times
לְשֵׁשָׁ֛ןto Sheshan
lesheshanH8348 →5 times
בָּנִ֖יםsons
banimH1121 →4930 times
כִּ֣יthat
kiH3588 →4482 times
אִם־except
ʾim-H518 →1069 times
בָּנ֑וֹתdaughters
banotH1323 →588 times
וּלְשֵׁשָׁ֛ןand [belonged] to Sheshan
ulesheshanH8348 →5 times
עֶ֥בֶדa slave
ʾevedH5650 →799 times
מִצְרִ֖יEgyptian
mitzriH4713 →70 times
וּשְׁמ֥וֹand name his
ushemoH8034 →864 times
יַרְחָֽע׃[was] Jarha
yarcha'H3398 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.