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Matthew 1:8 KJV
Matthew · chapter 1 · verse 8
And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias;Matthew 1:8 · King James Version
Matthew 1:8 in context
6And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;
7And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;
8And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias;
9And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias;
10And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- JosaphatiōsaphatJehoshaphat = " whom Jehovah judges" , the king of Judah, son of AsaG2498 →
- begatgennaōof men who fathered children, to be born, to be begotten, of women giving birth to…G1080 →
- JoramiōramJehoram = " whom Jehovah has exalted" , the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah…G2496 →
- AsaasaAsa = " physician, or cure" , son of Abijah and king of JudahG760 →
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Concerning this genealogy of our Saviour, observe, I. The title of it. It is the book (or the account, as the Hebrew word sepher, a book, sometimes signifies) of the generation of Jesus Christ, of his ancestors according to the flesh; or, It is the narrative of his birth. It is Biblos Geneseōs - a book of Genesis.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-17