John Gill Commentary


John Gill Commentary
"and Solomon begat Rehoboam; and Rehoboam begat Abijah; and Abijah begat Asa;" — Matthew 1:7 (ASV)
And Solomon begat Roboam
Called Rehoboam, (1 Kings 11:43) of Naamah an Ammonitess, (1 Kings 14:21 1 Kings 14:31) .
And Roboam begat Abia ,
sometimes called Abijam, as in (1 Kings 14:31) , sometimes Abijah, (2 Chronicles 12:16) and sometimes, as here, Abia, (1 Chronicles 3:10) . Him Rehoboam begat of Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom, (1 Kings 15:2) called Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel, (2 Chronicles 13:2) . Maachah and Michaiah being the same name; or else she went by two names, as her father did.
And Abia begat Asa ,
who was a good king; his mother's name is the same with the name of his father's mother; and perhaps it is not his proper mother, but his grandmother who is meant in (1 Kings 15:10) . He is wrongly called Asaph in the Persic and Ethiopic versions, and in one copy.