Matthew 1:7 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 1:7

Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asa.

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Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

and Solomon begat Rehoboam; and Rehoboam begat Abijah; and Abijah begat Asa;

KJV

And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And Solomon begat Roboam,.... Called Rehoboam, 1Ki 11:43 of Naamah an Ammonitess, 1Ki 14:21. And Roboam begat Abia, sometimes called Abijam, as in 1Ki 14:31, sometimes Abijah, 2Ch 12:16 and sometimes, as here, Abia, 1Ch 3:10. Him Rehoboam begat of Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom, 1Ki 15:2 called Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel, 2Ch 13:2. Maachah and Michaiah being the same name; or else she went by two names, as her father did.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Grace does not run in the blood, neither does reigning sin. God's grace is his own, and he gives or withholds it as he pleases. The captivity of Babylon is mentioned as a remarkable period in this line,

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Σολομὼν	Solomōn	Solomon	G4672 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
ἐγέννησεν	egennēsen	begat	G1080 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
Ῥοβοάμ·	Rhoboam	Rehoboam;	G4497 →
Ῥοβοὰμ	Rhoboam	Rehoboam	G4497 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
ἐγέννησεν	egennēsen	begat	G1080 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
Ἀβιά·	Abia	Abijah;	G7 →
Ἀβιὰ	Abia	Abijah	G7 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
ἐγέννησεν	egennēsen	begat	G1080 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
Ἀσάφ·	Asaph	Asaph;	G760 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Chronicles 9:31
And Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David. And his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.
leads to
- 1 Kings 2:10
  Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
Through
1 Kings 14:31
And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David; his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. And his son Abijam reigned in his place.
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 12:16
  And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Abijah reigned in his place.
- 1 Kings 15:3
  And Abijam walked in all the sins that his father before him had committed, and his heart was not as fully devoted to the LORD his God as the heart of David his forefather…
- 1 Chronicles 3:10
  Solomon’s son was Rehoboam:
Through
2 Chronicles 13:7
Then worthless and wicked men gathered around him to resist Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young, inexperienced, and unable to resist them.
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 12:13
  Thus King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of…
- Judges 9:4
  So they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the temple of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired some worthless and reckless men to follow him.
- 1 Kings 21:13
  And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the…
- 1 Kings 21:10
  But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify, ‘You have cursed both God and the king!’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”

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