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Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh. Manasseh became the father of Amon. Amon became the father of Josiah.
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Grace, Not Genetics
Commentators emphasize that Jesus's lineage includes both righteous kings like Hezekiah and Josiah, and notoriously wicked ones like Manasseh and Amon. This mix demonstrates that salvation is not inherited through a 'good' bloodline. Instead, it highlights God's sovereign grace, showing how Jesus identifies with a broken and fallen humanity.
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19th Century
Baptist
A line of kings of a mixed character—not one of them perfect, and some of them as bad as bad could be. Three are left out altogether; even sinners …
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 …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Ezekias begot Manasses Or Manasseh, (2 Kings 20:21) . Him Hezekiah begot of Hephzibah, ([Reference 2…
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Presbyterian
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…
13th Century
Catholic
Having presented the genealogical lineage of the ancestors, which passed through the Patriarchs, here the Evangelist presents the lineage of the fa…
