1 Chronicles 2:35

“And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife, etc.] Having first given him his freedom, as the Targum premises; this daughter seems to be Ahlai, (<130231>1 Chronicles 2:31) which receives confirmation from Zabad, one of the descendants of this man, (<130236>1 Chronicles 2:36), being said to be the son of Ahlai, (<131141>1 Chronicles 11:41), that is, greatgrandson: and she bare him Attai; the genealogy of whose descendants is given to the end of (<130241>1 Chronicles 2:41), of whom no mention is made elsewhere, but of Zabad, as before observed; and, according to the Jews, it is given for the sake of Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, the last person mentioned in…”

“Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife--The adoption and marriage of a foreign slave in the family where he is serving, is far from being a rare or extraordinary occurrence in Eastern countries. It is thought, however, by some to have been a connection not sanctioned by the law of Moses [MICHAELIS]. But this is not a well-founded objection, as the history of the Jews furnishes not a few examples of foreign proselytes in the same manner obtaining an inheritance in Israel; and doubtless Jarha had previously embraced the Jewish faith in place of the grovelling idolatries of his native Egypt. In such a case, therefore, there could be no legal difficulty. Being a foreign slave, he…”

“Jarha - Probably he was not only a proselyte, but an eminent man: else an Israelite would not have given him his only daughter. 1 Chronicles 2:45”

“Sheshan: When the people of the East have no sons, they frequently marry their daughters to their slaves, even when they have much property to bestow upon them. Hassan had been the slave of Kamel, his predecessor; but Kamel, according to the custom of the country, gave him one of his daughters in marriage, and left him at his death one part of his great riches which he had amassed in the course of a long and prosperous life (Maillet, Lett. xi. p. 118). his daughter: Ch1 2:31 Attai: i.e. opportune, \[Strong's H6262\], Ch1 2:36, Ch1 12:11; Ch2 11:20 Attai Personal Characteristics References 1. Son of Jarha, father of Nathan Ch1 2:35, Ch1 2:36 2\. One who came to David to Ziklan Ch1 12:11 3\.…”