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1 Chronicles 2:34 Now Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. And Sheshan had an Egyptian servant whose name was Jarha.

1 Chronicles 2:36 Attai became the father of Nathan, and Nathan became the father of Zabad, (NASB ©1995)

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And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai.

Sheshan. When the people of the East have no sons, they frequently marry their daughters to their slaves, even when they have much property to bestow upon them. Hassan had been the slave of Kamel, his predecessor; but Kamel, according to the custom of the country, gave him one of his daughters in marriage, and left him at his death one part of his great riches which he had amassed in the course of a long and prosperous life (Maillet, Lett. xi. p. 118).

his daughter. 31

Attai. i.e., opportune 36 12:11 2Ch 11:20

(1) Son of Jarha, father of Nathan, ver. 36. 35

(2) One who came to David to Ziklan, 1 Ch 12:11.
(3) Son of Rehoboam by Maachah, 2 Ch 11:20.

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