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JARHA
        An Egyptian; servant or slave of Sheshan of Judah, about the time of Eli; married Sheshun's daughter Ahlai, Sheshun having no sons (1 Chronicles 2:34). An extraordinary occurrence. Jarha was forefather of a chief house of the Jerahmeelites, which lasted at least until Hezekiah's time, and of which sprung see ZABAD and see AZARIAH (see both). Ahlai's descendants were called after her, as Joab, Abishai, and Asahel are called "the sons of Zeruiah" (ver. 16). It is an undesigned coincidence, confirming the Bible record, that the Jerahmeelites dwelt on the S. of Judah nearest Egypt, so that an Egyptian servant might naturally be in a Jerahmeelite family, such as Sheshan's was (1 Samuel 27:10).
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Fausset, Andrew Robert M.A., D.D., "Definition for 'jarha' Fausset's Bible Dictionary".
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