Matthew 1:8 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 1:8

Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah.

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Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

and Asa begat Jehoshaphat; and Jehoshaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Uzziah;

KJV

And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias;

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (420)

In the fourth book of Kings we read, that Ochozias was the son of Joram. On his death, Josabeth, sister of Ochozias and daughter of Joram, took Joash, her brother's son, and preserved him from the slaughter of the royal seed by Athalias. To Joash succeeded his son Amasias; after him his son Azarias, who is called Ozias; after him his son Joatham. Thus you see according to historical truth there were three intervening kings, who are omitted by the Evangelist. Joram, moreover, begot not Ozias, but Ochozias, and the rest as we have related.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Jehoram begat Uzziah - Jehoahaz, Joash, and Amaziah coming between. So that he begat him mediately, as Christ is mediately the son of David and of Abraham. So the progeny of Hezekiah, after many generations, are called the sons that should issue from him, which he should beget, Isaiah xxxix, 7.

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,

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Joram begat Ozias - This is the Uzziah, king of Judah, who was struck with the leprosy for his presumption in entering the temple to offer incense before the Lord. See 2Ch 26:16, etc. Ozias was not the immediate son of Joram: there were three kings between them, Ahaziah, Joash, and Amaziah, which swell the fourteen generations to seventeen: but it is observed that omissions of this kind are not uncommon in the Jewish genealogies. In Ezr 7:3, Azariah is called the son of Meraioth, although it is evident, from 1Ch 6:7-9, that there were six descendants between them.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἀσὰφ	Asaph	Asaph	G760 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
ἐγέννησεν	egennēsen	begat	G1080 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰωσαφάτ·	Iōsaphat	Jehoshaphat;	G2498 →
Ἰωσαφὰτ	Iōsaphat	Jehoshaphat	G2498 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
ἐγέννησεν	egennēsen	begat	G1080 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰωράμ·	Iōram	Joram;	G2496 →
Ἰωρὰμ	Iōram	Joram	G2496 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
ἐγέννησεν	egennēsen	begat	G1080 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
Ὀζίαν·	Ozian	Uzziah;	G3604 →

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

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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 Kings 3:1
In the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Jehoram son of Ahab became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twelve years.
leads to
- 2 Kings 1:17
  So Ahaziah died according to the word of the LORD that Elijah had spoken. And since he had no son, Jehoram succeeded him in the second year of the reign of Jehoram son of…
- 2 Kings 8:16
  In the fifth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat succeeded his father as king of Judah.
- 1 Kings 22:51
  In the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahaziah son of Ahab became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria two years.
Through
1 Chronicles 3:11
Abijah was his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,
leads to
- 2 Kings 8:24
  And Jehoram rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. And his son Ahaziah reigned in his place.
- 2 Chronicles 21:1
  And Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. And his son Jehoram reigned in his place.
- 2 Chronicles 21:17
  So they went to war against Judah, invaded it, and carried off all the possessions found in the king’s palace, along with his sons and wives; not a son was left to him except…
- 2 Kings 11:21
  Joash was seven years old when he became king.
- 2 Chronicles 22:6
  so he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went…

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