person

Jarha

יַרְחָע

Jarha was an Egyptian servant who married the daughter of Sheshan, a descendant of Judah.

verses
2
first named
1 Chronicles 2:34
last named
1 Chronicles 2:35
period
Divided Monarchy
tribe
Egypt

Description

Who was Jarha?

In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

Jarha is mentioned in 1Ch.2.34-35 as an Egyptian servant who married the daughter of Sheshan, a descendant of Judah. Sheshan had no sons, only daughters, so he gave one of his daughters in marriage to his servant Jarha. This marriage between an Israelite woman and an Egyptian servant was unusual, as it deviated from the typical practice of marrying within one's tribe or nation. The text does not provide any further details about Jarha's life or his relationship with Sheshan's daughter. However, their marriage resulted in the continuation of Sheshan's lineage, as Jarha's son Attai is listed among the descendants of Judah. This inclusion of Jarha in the genealogy of Judah demonstrates that God's plan can work through unexpected means and that one's background does not limit their potential to be part of God's people.

Relations

Direct connections

Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

How the graph connects Jarha3 of 3 entities the graph connects to Jarha, in 2 groups: kinship 2, events 1. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.AttaiFather of · 1 event · 2 versesAhlaiSpouse of · 1 verseKinshipSheshan1 event · 3 versesEventsJarha

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Stands in the same events as

Places

Where this happens

A person is placed by the events they take part in, and an event has to clear three things to place them: it must say where it happened, that place must be one the gazetteer can put a coordinate on, and the verse must report it rather than foretell, command or ask it. Nothing anchored here clears all three. Where the text names a setting no gazetteer surveys — a vineyard, a palace, a plot of ground — it is left off rather than guessed at; where a place is named only in a prophecy, the map does not draw what was said to be coming as though it had happened; and a place reached only through a relation is not inherited, because standing beside somebody is not being somewhere.

No verse Atlas has read as a report puts this person anywhere.

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Where to read it

Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 2, across 1 book.

  1. 1 Chronicles2 verses

    2:342:35

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Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

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