Matthew 1:11
9 Uzziah was the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah.
10 Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah,
and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.
12 After the exile to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,
13 Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.
- KJV
- And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon:
- WEB
- Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.
- ASV
- and Josiah begat Jechoniah and his brethren, at the time of the carrying away to Babylon.
- DARBY
- and Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, at the time of the carrying away of Babylon.
- BLB
- and Josiah begat Jeconiah and his brothers at the deportation to Babylon.
- ÅB
- Josias fikk Jekonja og hans brødre rundt den tiden folket ble ført bort til Babylon.
- OTB
- og Josia fikk Jekonja og hans brødre på den tiden da folket ble bortført til Babylon.
- B1930
- Josias fikk Jekonja og hans brødre ved den tid da folket blev bortført til Babylon.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 27:20
which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take when he carried Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon, along with all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem.
Read in contextJeremiah 52:28–30
These are the people Nebuchadnezzar carried away: in the seventh year, 3,023 Jews;
Read in contextJeremiah 52:11–15
Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon, where he kept him in custody until his dying day.
Read in context2 Kings 23:31–24:20
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.
Read in context2 Kings 25:11
Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the population.
Read in contextJeremiah 2:10–28
Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and take a look; send to Kedar and consider carefully; see if there has ever been anything like this:
Read in context2 Chronicles 36:10
In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar summoned Jehoiachin and brought him to Babylon, along with the articles of value from the house of the LORD. And he made Jehoiachin’s relative Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.
Read in context2 Chronicles 36:1–8
Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.
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