1 Chronicles 2:35 Meaning and Explanation
“And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai.”
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What Does 1 Chronicles 2:35 Mean?
The chronicler resolves the matter: Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to his servant Jarha, and she bore a son, Attai. By this marriage the line that had no male heir was preserved and carried forward. The Egyptian servant became, through marriage, the father of Sheshan's continuing house.
What seemed a dead end God turned into a new beginning through an unlikely union. A foreign servant was lifted into the family of Judah, and his son carried the line. Here is the generous reach of God's purposes, embracing the outsider and the lowly to accomplish His will. It foreshadows the gospel itself, in which servants are made sons and strangers are brought near, all by the gracious initiative of God.
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What does 1 Chronicles 2:35 mean?
Sheshan gives his daughter in marriage to Jarha, and she bears Attai.