Matthew 1:8
Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram an ancestor of Uzziah.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias;
In Context
7Solomon was the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asa.
9Uzziah was the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the father of Hezekiah.
Cross References
1 Kings 22:2Then it came about that in the third year, Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went down to the king of Israel.
2 Kings 8:16In the fifth year of Joram son of Ahab, king of Israel, Jehoram began to reign. He was the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah. He began to reign when Jehoshaphat was king of Judah.
2 Kings 15:1In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah began to reign.
2 Chronicles 17:1Jehoshaphat son of Asa became king in his place. Jehoshaphat strengthened himself against Israel.
2 Chronicles 26:1All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
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 →