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Matthew 1:9

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Uzziah was the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

and Uzziah begat Jotham; and Jotham begat Ahaz; and Ahaz begat Hezekiah;

KJV

And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias;

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This verse in Matthew 1

Commentary

2 notes on this verse
And Ozias begat Joatham,.... Called Jotham, 2Ki 15:7 him Ozias begat of Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok, 2Ki 15:33. And Joatham begat Achaz, or Ahaz, 2Ki 15:38 to him the sign was given, and the famous prophecy of the Messiah, Isa 7:14. And Achaz begat Ezekias, or Hezekiah, 2Ki 16:20 him Ahaz begat of Abi, the daughter of Zachariah, 2Ki 18:2. He was a very religious king, and had that singular favour from God to have fifteen years added to his days, Isa 38:5.

This site's exposition

Solomon begat Roboam

on Matthew 1:7-11

From Solomon the line runs through Judah's kings to the exile, and verse 8 quietly telescopes it, since between Joram and Ozias Matthew drops three names that 2 Kings records, Ahaziah, Joash and Amaziah, likely to hold the count at fourteen and possibly to pass over the house that Ahab's daughter Athaliah had corrupted. Jechonias, also called Jehoiachin, closes the second fourteen at the deportation itself, the royal line now a captive in Babylon. The bench reads the compression as ordinary ancient genealogical practice, since begat regularly means was ancestor of in a Hebrew king list, not as an error in the record.

The words behind it

15 Greek words

Every Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

11 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

2 Kings 16:20And Ahaz rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David, and his son Hezekiah reigned in his place.3 works2 Kings 15:32In the second year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah over Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah became king of Judah.2 worksIsaiah 36:1–22In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.2 works2 Chronicles 26:21So King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He lived in isolation, leprous and cut off from the house of the LORD, while his son Jotham had charge of the royal palace to govern the people of the land.2 works2 Kings 18:1–20In the third year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz became king of Judah.2 works2 Kings 15:7And Azariah rested with his fathers and was buried near them in the City of David. And his son Jotham reigned in his place.2 works
The other 5 cross-references, with their words ▾
2 Chronicles 27:1Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother’s name was Jerushah daughter of Zadok.2 worksIsaiah 7:1–13Now in the days that Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram marched up to wage war against Jerusalem. He was accompanied by Pekah son of Remaliah the king of Israel, but he could not overpower the city.2 works1 Chronicles 3:11–13Abijah was his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,2 works2 Chronicles 28:1Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. And unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD.2 works2 Kings 15:38And Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David his father. And his son Ahaz reigned in his place.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 26:21

    So King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He lived in isolation, leprous and cut off from the house of the LORD, while his son Jotham had charge of the…

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 13:46

      As long as he has the infection, he remains unclean. He must live alone in a place outside the camp.

    • 2 Kings 7:3

      Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die?

  • Through

    2 Kings 15:32

    In the second year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah over Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah became king of Judah.

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 15:7

      And Azariah rested with his fathers and was buried near them in the City of David. And his son Jotham reigned in his place.

    • 1 Chronicles 3:12

      Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,

    • 2 Kings 15:27

      In the fifty-second year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twenty years.

    • 2 Kings 15:23

      In the fiftieth year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king of Israel and reigned in Samaria two years.

    • 2 Kings 14:21

      Then all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.

  • Through

    2 Kings 15:7

    And Azariah rested with his fathers and was buried near them in the City of David. And his son Jotham reigned in his place.

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 26:23

      And Uzziah rested with his fathers and was buried near them in a field of burial that belonged to the kings; for the people said, “He was a leper.” And his son Jotham reigned…

Where this verse is studied

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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Gospels and John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748).

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