Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch Old Testament Commentary

And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife,.... Having first given him his freedom, as the Targum premises; this daughter seems to be Ahlai, Ch1 2:31 which receives confirmation from Zabad, one of the descendants of this man, Ch1 2:36, being said to be the son of Ahlai, Ch1 11:41, that is, great-grandson: and she bare him Attai; the genealogy of whose descendants is given to the end of Ch1 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 this genealogy; which Ishmael slew Gedaliah governor of Jerusalem, and is said to be of the seed royal, Jer 41:1.