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Matthew 1:9
Uzziah was the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Matthew addresses a Jewish readership by documenting Jesus’s legal ancestry through the recognized line of Judahite monarchs. The narrator advances the genealogical list without narrative interruption at this structural midpoint.
The words — The Greek verb ἐγέννησεν (egennēsen) translates literally as “begat” or “fathered,” marking direct paternal descent. This term functions as a mechanical connector, linking Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah in unbroken succession.
The thread — The same four kings appear in the historical records of 2 Kings 15:32 and 2 Kings 18:1, which confirm their reigns over Judah. Matthew’s sequence aligns directly with the established royal chronology rather than introducing new events.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to acknowledge Jesus’s inheritance from documented Davidic kingship. It demands verification of messianic claims against a fixed, verifiable line of succession.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias;
Cross-references
- 2 Kings 15:7 And Azariah rested with his fathers and was buried near them in the City of David. And his son Jotham reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 15:32 In the second year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah over Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah became king of Judah.
- 2 Kings 18:1 In the third year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz became king of Judah.
- 1 Chronicles 3:11 Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,
- 2 Chronicles 26:21 So King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He lived in isolation, leprous and cut off from the house of the LORD, while his son Jotham had charge of the royal palace and governed the people of the land.
- 2 Chronicles 27:1 Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother’s name was Jerushah daughter of Zadok.
- Isaiah 7:1 Now in the days that Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram marched up to wage war against Jerusalem. He was accompanied by Pekah son of Remaliah the king of Israel, but he could not overpower the city.
- Isaiah 36:1 In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.