Matthew 1:10

10 Hezekiah of Manasseh; Manasseh of Amon; Amon of Josiah;

Matthew 1:10 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 1:10

And Ezekias begat Manasses
Or Manasseh, ( 2 Kings 20:21 ) . Him Hezekiah begat of Hephzibah, ( 2 Kings 21:1 ) . He was very remarkable both for his sins, and for his humiliation on account of them.

And Manasses begat Amon,
of Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah, ( 2 Kings 21:19 ) . He was a very wicked prince.

And Amon begat Josias,
or Josiah of Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath, ( 2 Kings 22:1 ) . He was a very pious king, and was prophesied of by name some hundreds of years before he was born, ( 1 Kings 13:2 ) .

Matthew 1:10 In-Context

8 Asa of Jehoshaphat; Jehoshaphat of Jehoram; Jehoram of Uzziah;

9 Uzziah of Jotham; Jotham of Ahaz; Ahaz of Hezekiah;

10 Hezekiah of Manasseh; Manasseh of Amon; Amon of Josiah;

11 Josiah of Jeconiah and his brothers at the period of the Removal to Babylon.

12 After the Removal to Babylon Jeconiah had a son Shealtiel; Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel;