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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Ahlai (Woman living at the time of Divided Monarchy)
Sheshan had no sons, so this Ahlai is usually taken to be his daughter, the one through whom the family line went on by way of an Egyptian servant, Jarha.
Sheshan had no sons, so this Ahlai is usually taken to be his daughter, the one through whom the family line went on by way of an Egyptian servant, Jarha.
Ahlai is named in 1 Chronicles 2:31 as a child of Sheshan, who according to the surrounding genealogy had no sons, so Ahlai is usually taken to be a daughter through whom the family line continued by way of an Egyptian servant, Jarha. Zabad, one of David's mighty warriors, is called "son of Ahlai" in 1 Chronicles 11:41, likely as a descendant of this same line rather than a direct son.
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- 1 Chronicles 2:31
