person
Sheshan
שֵׁשָׁן
Sheshan, a Jerahmeelite who gave his daughter in marriage to his Egyptian servant, Jarha.
- verses
- 3
- first named
- 1 Chronicles 2:31
- last named
- 1 Chronicles 2:35
- period
- Divided Monarchy
- tribe
- Judah
Description
Who was Sheshan?
Sheshan was a member of the Jerahmeelite clan, which was part of the tribe of Judah. He is mentioned in the genealogical record of 1Chronicles 2. Sheshan had no sons, only daughters (v. 34). Faced with the prospect of his lineage ending, Sheshan took an unconventional step. He gave one of his daughters in marriage to his Egyptian servant, Jarha (v. 35). This act allowed Sheshan's line to continue through his daughter and his servant. The passage goes on to list the descendants of Sheshan through this union, indicating that his decision had a lasting impact on his family line. This account highlights the importance of preserving one's lineage and the measures taken to ensure its continuation, even if it meant crossing social boundaries.
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.
Child of
- Ishiregistry1 Chronicles 2:31
Father of
- Ahlairegistry1 Chronicles 2:31
Stands in the same events as
- Jarha1 event
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 — 3, across 1 book. The name is written 5 times in them.
1 Chronicles3 verses
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Where this page goes
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