Matthew 1:11 (BSB)

and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.

From Matthew 1. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Matthew 1:11

  • Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Matthew 1:1-17: 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 Geneseò„s - a book of Genesis.
  • John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Matthew 1:11: And Josias begat Jechonias,.... This Jechonias is the same with Jehoiakim, the son of Josias, called so by Pharaohnecho, when he made him king, whose name before was Eliakim, Kg2 23:34 begat of Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah, Kg2 23:36. and his brethren. These were Johanan, Zedekiah, and Shallum. Two of them were kings, one reigned before him, viz.
  • Albert Barnes (Presbyterian), Barnes' New Testament Notes on Matthew 1:11: Verse 11. No specific Barnes text on this verse. (1) "Josias begat Jechonias", some read "Josias begat Jakim, and Jakim begat Jechonias"
  • Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Matthew 1:11: And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren--Jeconiah was Josiah's grandson, being the son of Jehoiakim, Josiah's second son (Ch1 3:15); but Jehoiakim might well be sunk in such a catalogue, being a mere puppet in the hands of the king of Egypt (Ch2 36:4).