Matthew 1:7

Solomon was the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam was the father of Abijah. Abijah was the father of Asaph.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;

In Context

6Jesse was the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon. Solomon’s mother was previously married to Uriah.

8Asaph was the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat was the father of Jehoram. Jehoram was an ancestor of Uzziah.

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Cross References

1 Kings 14:31Then Rehoboam died [EUP], and he was buried in the part of Jerusalem called ‘The City of David’, where his ancestors were buried. Then his son Abijah became the king.

1 Chronicles 3:10Solomon’s son was King Rehoboam. Rehoboam’s son was King Abijah. Abijah’s son was King Asa. Asa’s son was King Jehoshaphat.

2 Chronicles 12:1After Rehoboam was in complete control of his kingdom, he and all the other people in Judah stopped obeying the laws of Yahweh.

2 Chronicles 14:1When Abijah died, he was buried in the part of Jerusalem called ‘The City of David’. His son Asa became the king. While Asa was ruling, there was peace in Judah for ten years.

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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