Matthew 1:7

Solomon became the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam became the father of Abijah. Abijah became the father of Asa.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

6Jesse became the father of King David. David the king became the father of Solomon by her who had been Uriah’s wife.

8Asa became the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat became the father of Joram. Joram became the father of Uzziah.

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Cross References

1 Kings 14:31Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in David’s city. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess. Abijam his son reigned in his place.

1 Chronicles 3:10Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,

2 Chronicles 12:1When the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and he was strong, he abandoned the LORD’s law, and all Israel with him.

2 Chronicles 14:1So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in David’s city; and Asa his son reigned in his place. In his days, the land was quiet 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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