and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.
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 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.
Verse 11. No specific Barnes text on this verse. (1) "Josias begat Jechonias", some read "Josias begat Jakim, and Jakim begat Jechonias"