Matthew 1:12

Jeconiah was the father of Shiyaltiel. Shiyaltiel was the father of Zerubbabel.

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In The King James Version

And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel;

In Context

11Josiah 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.

13Zerubbabel was the father of Abihud. Abihud was the father of Eliakim. Eliakim was the father of Azor.

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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 →

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