Matthew 1:7

And Solomon begat Roboam,.... Called Rehoboam, Kg1 11:43 of Naamah an Ammonitess, Kg1 14:21.

And Roboam begat Abia, sometimes called Abijam, as in Kg1 14:31, sometimes Abijah, Ch2 12:16 and…

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…