and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos, and Amos the father of Josiah,
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.
Commenting on Matthew 1:1-17
And Ezekias begat Manasses,.... Or Manasseh, Kg2 20:21. Him Hezekiah begat of Hephzibah, Kg2 21:1. He was very remarkable both for his sins, and for his humiliation on account of them. And Manasses begat Amon, of Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah, Kg2 21:19. He was a very wicked prince. And Amon begat Josias, or Josiah of Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath, Kg2 22:1.
Verse 10. No specific Barnes text on this verse. (r) "Ezekias begat Manasses"