Ozias is the same person as Uzziah in the Old Testament. Three kings are omitted in the genealogy between Joram and Ozias: Ahaziah…

Well may our hearts melt at the memory of David and Bathsheba! The fruit of their unholy union died, but after repentance, she who “had been the wi…

St. Jerome: In the fourth book of Kings we read that Ahaziah was the son of Joram. On his death, Jehosheba, sister of Ahaziah …

There is no obvious pattern to the kings mentioned here: wicked Rehoboam was the father of wicked Abijah, the father of the good king Asa. Asa was …

And Ozias begat Joatham
Called Jotham, (2 Kings 15:7) him Ozias begat of Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok…

Concerning this genealogy of our Saviour, observe the chief intention. It is not a needless genealogy. It is not a vainglorious one, as those of gr…

Having presented the genealogical lineage of the ancestors, which pa ed through the Patriarchs, here the Evangelist presents the lineage of the fat…