1 Chronicles 2:34

34 Sheshan had no sons—only daughters. He had an Egyptian servant named Jarha.

1 Chronicles 2:34 in Other Translations

34 Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.

34 Now Sheshan had no sons, only daughters, but Sheshan had an Egyptian slave whose name was Jarha.

34 Sheshan had no sons, though he did have daughters. He also had an Egyptian servant named Jarha.

34 Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. But Sheshan had an Egyptian servant, Jarha.

34 Sheshan had no sons, only daughters, but he did have an Egyptian servant whose name was Jarha.

1 Chronicles 2:34 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 2:34

Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters
And but one of that sort, whose name was Ahlai, ( 1 Chronicles 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.

1 Chronicles 2:34 In-Context

32 The sons of Jada, Shammai’s brother: Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without children.

33 The sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the descendants of Jerahmeel.

34 Sheshan had no sons—only daughters. He had an Egyptian servant named Jarha.

35 Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to his servant Jarha, and she bore him Attai.

36 Attai was the father of Nathan, Nathan the father of Zabad,