Matthew 1:11
Josiah was the father of Jeconiah and his brothers. At that time, the soldiers from Babylon came and fought the Jewish people. The Babylon mob won, and they took the Jewish people as prisoners to their country. So in that family there were 14 fathers from David until the time they all had to go to Babylon.
Plain English Version
In The King James Version
And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon:
In Context
10Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh. Manasseh was the father of Amon. Amon was the father of Josiah.
12Jeconiah was the father of Shiyaltiel. Shiyaltiel was the father of Zerubbabel.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 1:2-18
Matthew to John The one half of our undertaking upon the New Testament It may be proper to apprise the reader that the volume to which this preface was originally prefixed included the Acts of the Apostles, which in the present edition will commence the second volume, in order to secure a more equal division of the New Testament—the commentary on the remaining books being less extended than the author contemplated .—Ed . is now, by the assistance of divine grace, finished, and presented to the reader, who, it is… Read the whole commentary →