And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;
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Gill's Exposition
And Jesse begat David the king,.... The descent of the Messiah runs in the line of David, the youngest of Jesse's sons, who was despised by his brethren, and overlooked and neglected by his father;…
These verses contain the genealogy of Jesus. Luke also Luke 3 gives a genealogy of the Messiah. No two passages of Scripture have caused more difficulty than these, and various attempts have been made…
Concerning this genealogy of our Saviour, observe,
I. The title of it. It is the book (or the account, as the Hebrew word sepher, a book, sometimes signifies) of the generation of Jesus Christ, of his…
Cambridge Bible
David the king A special hint of Christ the King, of whom David was the type.
It is at this point that St Luke's genealogy branches off. According to naturaldescent Joseph was a descendant of Nathan,…
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