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Sheshan

Mentioned in 1469 BC traditional (Jones)

Son of Ishi. Mentioned in 3 verses, first in 1 Chronicles 2:31.

Compiled from the tagged verses.

Father
Ishi
Child
Ahlai
Tagged in
3 verses

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

Two generations up and the children; a button shows the grandchildren. Gold lines join partners; grey lines run from parent to child; a dotted line marks a parent named in the text but not by descent.

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 1494–1444 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 2 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

3 tagged verses in 1 book. Select a book to read its verses.

  1. 1 Chronicles3

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBSheshan 4
KJVSheshan 5
ASVSheshan 5

Whole-word, case-sensitive count of the name string (regex \bName\b, so possessives like "Abraham's" count) across the whole Bible text of each translation; this counts the string, not the person, so other people who share the name are included and pronoun references are not. How Begat counts

Every verse

All 3 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

1 Chronicles3 verses
  1. 2:31

    The son of Appaim: Ishi. The son of Ishi: Sheshan. The son of Sheshan: Ahlai.

  2. 2:34

    Sheshan had no sons, but only daughters. He also had an Egyptian servant named Jarha.

  3. 2:35

    Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to his servant Jarha, and she bore to him Attai.