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Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the exile to Babylon.
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A King from a Broken Kingdom
The mention of the "carrying away to Babylon" is a pivotal moment. Commentators explain this was the end of the Davidic monarchy and a time of national shame. Matthew intentionally shows that Jesus's royal line did not end but passed through this disaster, highlighting God's faithfulness to His promises even when His people failed.
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19th Century
Anglican
Jechonias and his brethren — Here again there is a missing link in the name of Eliakim, or Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah ([Referenc…
Baptist
Poor captives, and those who are bound with the fetters of sin, may see some like themselves in this famous ancestry. They are prisoners of hope, n…
Matthew’s chief aims in including the genealogy are hinted at in the first verse—namely, to show that Jesus Messiah is truly in the kingly line of …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Josias begat Jechonias This Jechonias is the same with Jehoiakim, the son of Josias, called so by Pharaohnecho, when …
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…
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