1 Chronicles 2 · Verse 34

1 Chronicles 2:34

Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.
1 Chronicles 2:34, King James Version

1 Chronicles 2:34 in other translations

BSBSheshan had no sons, but only daughters; but he did have an Egyptian servant named Jarha.
WEBNow Sheshan had no sons, but only daughters. Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.
ASVNow Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.
YLTAnd Sheshan had no sons, but daughters, and Sheshan hath a servant, an Egyptian, and his name is Jarha,
DARBYAnd Sheshan had no sons, but daughters; and Sheshan had an Egyptian servant, whose name was Jarha;
BBENow Sheshan had no sons, but only daughters. And Sheshan had an Egyptian servant, whose name was Jarha.
WebsterNow Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.

What does 1 Chronicles 2:34 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
34. Sheshan had no sons, but daughters--either he had no sons alive at his death, or his family consisted wholly of daughters, of whom Ahlai (1Ch 2:31) was one, she being specially mentioned on account of the domestic relations about to be noted.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 34 Whose name was Jarha - "And he gave him his liberty, and gave him Sheshan his daughter to wife." - T.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

1 Chronicles 2:34 in the original Hebrew

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וְלֹֽא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
הָיָ֧הha.Yahit belongedH1961
לְשֵׁשָׁ֛ןle.she.Shanto SheshanH8348
בָּנִ֖יםba.NimsonsH1121
כִּ֣יkithatH3588
אִם\־'im-exceptH518
בָּנ֑וֹתba.NotdaughtersH1323
וּלְשֵׁשָׁ֛ןu.le.she.Shanand [belonged] to SheshanH8348
עֶ֥בֶד'E.veda slaveH5650
מִצְרִ֖יmitz.RiEgyptianH4713
וּשְׁמ֥וֹu.she.Moand name hisH8034
יַרְחָֽע\׃yar.Cha'[was] JarhaH3398

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

  • 1 Chronicles 2:33

    And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.

  • 1 Chronicles 2:34

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

  • 1 Chronicles 2:35

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

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1 Chronicles 2:34 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y Sesán no tuvo hijos, sino hijas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
– Et Shéshan n’eut point de fils, mais des filles; et Shéshan avait un serviteur égyptien nommé Jarkha;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Scheschan hatte keine Söhne, sondern nur Töchter. Und Scheschan hatte einen ägyptischen Knecht, sein Name war Jarcha;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Sesan autem non habuit filios, sed filias: et servum ægyptium nomine Jeraa.