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1 Chronicles 2:35 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 35. 35And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai.
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Quick Meaning
Records Sheshan giving his daughter to Jarha and names their son Attai.
Read It With
- 1 Chronicles 2:25–2:41
Records Sheshan giving his daughter to Jarha and names their son Attai. Read 1 Chronicles 2:35 within 2:25–2:41. The complete unit records: Jerahmeel's households include childless deaths and Sheshan's daughter marrying Jarha, an Egyptian servant, whose descendants continue for generations.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The long sub-line makes marriage across status and origin integral to Judah's remembered ancestry. In this exact position, the line beginning “And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare…” records Sheshan giving his daughter to Jarha and names their son Attai.
Follow the Context
- Jerahmeel's households include childless deaths and Sheshan's daughter marrying Jarha, an Egyptian servant, whose descendants continue for generations.
- The long sub-line makes marriage across status and origin integral to Judah's remembered ancestry.
Phrase-by-Phrase Explanation
“And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare…”
In plain language: Records Sheshan giving his daughter to Jarha and names their son Attai.
The line beginning “And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare…” records Sheshan giving his daughter to Jarha and names their son Attai.
Why it matters: The wording carries a material literary, historical, temple, royal-power, violence, ethnic, illness, gender, exile, reception, or misuse boundary.
How certain? probableWhat This Verse Is Not Saying
Jarha's service status does not justify slavery, forced marriage, racial hierarchy, or treating the unnamed daughter as property without agency.
What Remains True
Records Sheshan giving his daughter to Jarha and names their son Attai. This concrete detail supports a bounded truth: Communal memory must preserve real people, households, disruptions, and belonging without turning ancestry into superiority, spiritual rank, or entitlement.
How It Can Shape Life
- Because this verse records Sheshan giving his daughter to Jarha and names their son Attai, keep it inside 2:25–2:41, compare its Samuel-Kings relationship honestly, protect affected people from coercion or stigma, and apply only the accountable principle the complete unit supports.
Teach It Back
Explain why 1 Chronicles 2:35 records Sheshan giving his daughter to Jarha and names their son Attai. Use 2:25–2:41, paraphrase “And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare…,” state one source or reconstruction limit, identify one person or group power can obscure, and reject one conclusion this verse does not authorize.
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Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read 1 Chronicles 2:25–2:41 — Jerahmeel's line continues through a daughter and an Egyptian servantSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? probable
Where care is needed
1 Chronicles 2:35 remains within this thought-unit limit: The list states the marriage and descent but not the woman's name, consent, Jarha's route into service, or the household's social conditions; these gaps must remain gaps.
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: 1 Chronicles 2:25–2:41, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Chronicles
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, clauses, regnal formulas, temple vocabulary, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/1Chr.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 2:25–2:41
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NET Bible Full Notes: 1 Chronicles
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press; STEP Bible presentation, 2019 edition; current web presentation
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Exact location: STEP Bible NET2full, 1 Chronicles 2:25–2:41, verse-attached translation and translator notes
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