1 Chronicles 2:31

31 And the son of Appaim was Ishi, the which Ishi begat Sheshan; certainly Sheshan begat Ahlai.

1 Chronicles 2:31 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 2:31

And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi: Sheshan,
&c.] Though they had each of them but one son, yet the plural number is used, their posterity being included, as in ( 1 Chronicles 2:8 ) and so in the next clause:

and the children of Sheshan; Ahlai;
who, from ( 1 Chronicles 2:34 1 Chronicles 2:35 ) appears to be a daughter.

1 Chronicles 2:31 In-Context

29 and the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, that childed to him Ahban, and Molid (who bare him Ahban, and Molid).
30 And the sons of Nadab were Seled and Appaim; forsooth Seled died without children.
31 And the son of Appaim was Ishi, the which Ishi begat Sheshan; certainly Sheshan begat Ahlai.
32 And the sons of Jada, the brother of Shammai, were Jether, and Jonathan; but Jether died without sons;
33 and Jonathan begat Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
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