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After the exile to Babylon, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel became the father of Zerubbabel.
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God's Unbroken Promise
Commentators like John Calvin note that this verse marks a dramatic shift from kings to exiles. The royal line of David was reduced to obscurity and slavery in Babylon. Yet, God faithfully preserved this lineage through the humiliation of captivity, demonstrating that His sovereign plan to bring the Messiah cannot be thwarted by human failure or historical disaster.
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19th Century
Anglican
Jechonias begat Salathiel — Here we encounter a cluster of genealogical difficulties.
Baptist
With one or two exceptions, these are names of persons of little or no note. The later ones were persons altogether obscure and insignificant. Our …
The final list of “fourteen” () begins with a further mention of the Exile. Jeconiah (Jehoiachin) was the father of Shealtiel. Matthew goes on to p…
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16th Century
Protestant
After the Babylonian exile, that is, after the Jews were carried into captivity: for the Evangelist means that the descendants of David, f…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And after they were brought to Babylon Not Jechonias, but the father of Jechonias, and the Jews.
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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…
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13th Century
Catholic
Here is related the third series of fourteen in Christ’s generation, which proceeds through private persons. Concerning this Jechonias, as was said…
