jarha Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
jarha in Smith's Bible Dictionary
the Egyptian servant of Sheshan, about the time of Eli, to whom his master gave his daughter and heir in marriage; #1Ch 2:34,35| (B.C. before 1491.)
jarha in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
JAR'HA (meaning uncertain), an Egyptian servant of Sheshan, and married to his daughter, 1 Chr 2:34-35.
jarha in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
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).