Charles Ellicott Commentary


Charles Ellicott Commentary
"Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha." — 1 Chronicles 2:34 (ASV)
Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. —Compare 1 Chronicles 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.