Attai

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. 1 Chronicles 2:35-36. 1 Chronicles 2:2. 1 Chronicles 12:11.

3. 2 Chronicles 11:20.

Holman Bible Dictionary

1 Chronicles 2:35-3621 Chronicles 12:1131 Chronicles 11:20

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

ATTAI . 1 . A Jerahmeelite ( 1 Chronicles 2:35 f.). 2 . A Gadite who joined David at Ziklag ( 1 Chronicles 12:11 ). 3 . A son of Rehoboam ( 2 Chronicles 11:20 ).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Grandson of Sheshan. 1Chr. 2:35,36.

2. Gadite, a man of might, who joinedDavid in his rejection. 1 Chronicles 12:11 .

3. Son of Rehoboam andgrandsonof Solomon. 2 Chronicles 11:20 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

At'ta-i. (opportune).

1. Grandson of Sheshan, the Jerahmeelite, through his daughter Ahlai, whom he gave in marriage to Jarha, his Egyptian slave. 1 Chronicles 2:35-36. His grandson Zabad was one of David's mighty men. 1 Chronicles 11:41.

2. One of the lion-faced warriors of Gad, captains of the host, who forded the Jordan at the time of its overflow and joined David in the wilderness. 1 Chronicles 12:11. (B.C. 1060).

3. Second son of King Rehoboam, by Maachah, the daughter of Absalom. 2 Chronicles 11:20. (B.C. 975).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

at´tā̇ -ı̄ at´ı̄ עתּי , ‛attay , "timely" [?):

(1) A son of Jarha, the Egyptian, by a daughter of Sheshan (1 Chronicles 2:35 f).

(2) A G adite soldier who joined David's army at Ziklag (1 Chronicles 12:11 ).

(3) A son of Rehoboam and grandson of Solomon (2 Chronicles 11:20 ).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Hebrews Attay, עִתִּי, perhaps opportune, comp Ittai), the name of three men.

1. (Sept. Ι᾿εθθεί v. r. Ε᾿θί .) A son of the daughter of Sheshan (of the tribe of Judah) by his Egyptian servant Jarha, and the father of Nathan (1 Chronicles 2:35-36). B.C. prob. ante 1658.

2. (Sept. Ε᾿θθεί v. r. Ι᾿εθί .) The sixth of David's mighty men from the tribe of Gad during his freebooter's life in the desert of Judaea (1 Chronicles 12:11). B.C. cir. 1061.

3. (Sept. Ι᾿εθθί v. r. Ι᾿ετθί .) The second of the four sons of King Rehoboam, by his second and favorite wife Maachah, the daughter of Absalom (2 Chronicles 11:20). B.C. post 972.