Darda (Hastings' Dictionary)

Mentioned with Ethan the Ezrahite, lleman, and Calcol as a son of Mahol, and a proverbial type of 558 DARIC DARIUS wisdom, but yet surpassed by Solomon (1 K 4^'). ]n 1 Ch 2' apparently the same four (l)ara is prob- ably an error for Darda. See Daka) are men- tioned with Zimri as sons of Zerah, the son of Judah by Tamar (Gn ;!830). So Targ. in 1 K 4^1 interprets ' the Ezraliite ' as mi id ' the son of Zerah.'

This statement of Ch need not conflict with that of K, 'sons of Mahul,' since Zerah, as is suii^ested by the title 'the Ezrahite,' may have been the remoter ancestor, Mahol the immediate father. See Maiiol. C. F. Bukney.