Matthew 1:8 (BSB)
Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah.
From Matthew 1. Also in the ESV.
Commentary on Matthew 1:8
- 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 1:8: And Asa begat Josaphat,.... Called Jehoshaphat, Kg1 15:24 whom Asa begat of Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi, Kg1 22:42. He also was a very good prince. And Josaphat begat Joram; called Jehoram, Kg1 22:50 to whom his father gave the kingdom, because he was the firstborn, Ch2 21:3. And Joram begat Ozias; called Uzziah, Ch2 26:1 and Azariah, Kg2 15:1.
- Albert Barnes (Presbyterian), Barnes' New Testament Notes on Matthew 1:8: Verse 8. No specific Barnes text on this verse.
- John Lightfoot (Puritan), Horae Hebraicae et Talmudicae on Matthew 1:8: [And Joram begat Ozias.] The names of Ahazias, Joash, and Amazias, are struck out. See the history in the books of the Kings, and 1 Chronicles 3:11, 12. I. The promise that "the throne of David should not be empty," passed over, after a manner, for some time into the family of Jehu, the overthrower of Joram's family.