Ahlai

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. 1 Chronicles 11:41 .

2. Sheshan's daughter given to the Egyptian servant Jarha in marriage ( 1 Chronicles 2:31-35 ).

Holman Bible Dictionary

1 Chronicles 2:31 1 Chronicles 2:34 1 Chronicles 2:35 1 Chronicles 2:35 1 Chronicles 11:41

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

AHLAI . 1 . The daughter (?) of Sheshan ( 1 Chronicles 2:31 , cf. 1 Chronicles 2:34 ). 2 . The father of Zabad, one of David’s mighty men ( 1 Chronicles 11:41 ).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Daughterof Sheshan. 1 Chronicles 2:31 .

2. Father of Zabad. 1 Chronicles 11:41 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ahla'i or Ah'la-i. (ornamental). Daughter of Sheshan, whom, having no issue, he gave in marriage to his Egyptian slave, Jarha. 1 Chronicles 2:31  ; 1 Chronicles 2:35 . From her were descended Zabad, one of David's mighty men, 1 Chronicles 11:41 , and Aza-riah, one of the captains of hundreds in the reign of Joash. 2 Chronicles 23:1 .

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

<translit> a´lı̄ </translit> ( אחלי , <translit> 'aḥlay </translit> "O would that!"): (1) <links> A S </links> on of Sheshan ( 1 Chronicles 2:31 ) or according to 1 Chronicles 2:34 a daughter of Sheshan, for here we read: "Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters." (2) The father of Zabad, a soldier in David's army ( 1 Chronicles 11:41 ).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Hebrew Achlay', אְְחליְ , perh. ornamental), the name of a woman and also of a man.

1. (Sept. Ἀαδαϊ v v. r. Δαδαί .) The daughter and only child of Sheshan, a descendant of Judah, married to her father's Egyptian slave Jarha (q.v.), by whom she had Attai ( 1 Chronicles 2:31  ; 1 Chronicles 2:34-35 ). B.C. prob. ante 1658.

2. (Sept. Ο᾿λί v. r. Ἀχαϊά .) The father of Zabad, which latter was one of David's body-guard ( 1 Chronicles 11:41 ). B.C. ante 1046.