Attai

At’ta-i. (opportune).

1. Grandson of Sheshan, the Jerahmeelite, through his daughter Ahlai, whom he gave in marriage to Jarha, his Egyptian slave. 1Ch 2:35-36. His grandson Zabad was one of David’s mighty men. 1Ch 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. 1Ch 12:11. (B.C. 1060).

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

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

3. 2Ch 11:20.

(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 (1Ch 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 (1Ch 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 (2Ch 11:20). B.C. post 972.

[At’tai]

1. Grandson of Sheshan. 1Ch 2:35-36.

2. Gadite, a man of might, who joined David in his rejection. 1Ch 12:11.

3. Son of Rehoboam and grandson of Solomon. 2Ch 11:20.

By: Morris Jastrow, Jr., Gerson B. Levi

1. Son of the Egyptian Jarha, to whom Sheshan the Jerahmeelite gave his daughter to wife (I Chron. ii. 35, 36).

2. A Gadite chieftain who joined the forces of David at Ziklag (I Chron. xii. 11).

3. A son of Rehoboam, and Maachah, the daughter of Absalom (II Chron. xi. 20).

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

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

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

(2) A Gadite soldier who joined David’s army at Ziklag (1Ch 12:11).

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