1st Chronicles Chapter 2 verse 35 Holy Bible

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(35-41) The line of Sheshan-Jarha is pursued for thirteen generations of direct descent, but nothing is known of any of its members from any other source. Elishama, the last name (1Chronicles 2:41), is the twenty-fourth generation specified from Judah. The list thus extends over a period of at least 720 years; and if we reckon from the Exodus (circ. 1330 B.C.), we get B.C. 610 as an approximate date for Elishama. Now an Elishama was living about that time, who is mentioned (Jeremiah 36:12) as one of the princes of Jehoiakim, king of Judah; Jeremiah 41:1 perhaps mentions the same person again, calling him "of the seed of the kingdom." It is at least a coincidence that several of the names recur in the house of David: Nathan (1Chronicles 2:36) in 1Chronicles 3:5; Obed, as David's grandfather in 1Chronicles 2:12; Azariah, as a byname of King Uzziah, in 1Chronicles 3:12; Shallum, as a son of Josiah, in 1Chronicles 3:15; Jekamiah, as a brother of Salathiel (Shealtiel), in 1Chronicles 3:18; and Elishama, as a son of David, in 1Chronicles 3:8--a coincidence of six out of thirteen names. The passage Deut. Xxiii. 7, 8 rules that in the third generation persons of Egyptian blood are to be treated as full Israelites. This whole section proves that an Egyptian element was recognised in Judah. (ComExodus 12:38; Numbers 11:4.) Even the name Jarha has an Egyptian cast (comp. lar?, the Memphitic name of the Nile, with the Vulg. spelling of the word Jeraa); perhaps it is Iar-aa, great river, (i.e., the Nile). . . . Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewSheshanשֵׁשָׁ֧ן (šê·šān)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 8348: Sheshan -- a man of Judahgave his daughterבִּתּ֛וֹ (bit·tōw)Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singularStrong's 1323: A daughterin marriageוַיִּתֵּ֨ן (way·yit·tên)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 5414: To give, put, setto his servantעַבְדּ֖וֹ (‘aḇ·dōw)Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularStrong's 5650: Slave, servantJarha,לְיַרְחָ֥ע (lə·yar·ḥā‘)Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3398: Jarha -- an Egyptian slaveand she boreוַתֵּ֥לֶד (wat·tê·leḏ)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singularStrong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineageto himל֖וֹ (lōw)Preposition | third person masculine singularStrong's Hebrew Attai.עַתָּֽי׃ (‘at·tāy)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 6262: Attai -- three IsraelitesJump to PreviousAttai Bare Beareth Bore Daughter Jarha Marriage Servant Sheshan Slave Wife