Matthew 1:6

Jesse begat David the king: David begat Solomon of the wife of Uriah:

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;

In Context

5Salmon begat Boaz of Rahab: Boaz begat Obed of Ruth: Obed begat Jesse:

7Solomon begat Rehoboam: Rehoboam begat Abia: Abia begat Asa:

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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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