Matthew 1:7

“And Solomon begat Roboam, etc.] Called Rehoboam, (<111143>1 Kings 11:43) of Naamah an Ammonitess, (<111421>1 Kings 14:21,31). And Roboam begat Abia, sometimes called Abijam, as in (<111431>1 Kings 14:31), sometimes Abijah, (<141216>2 Chronicles 12:16) and sometimes, as here, Abia, (<130310>1 Chronicles 3:10). Him Rehoboam begat of Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom, (<111502>1 Kings 15:2) called Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel, (<141302>2 Chronicles 13:2). Maachah and Michaiah being the same name; or else she went by two names, as her father did. And Abia begat Asa, who was a good king; his mother’s name is the same with the name of his father’s mother; and perhaps it is not his proper…”

“And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa; 8. And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias--or Uzziah. Three kings are here omitted--Ahaziah, Joash, and Amaziah (Ch1 3:11-12). Some omissions behooved to be made, to compress the whole into three fourteens (Mat 1:17). The reason why these, rather than other names, are omitted, must be sought in religious considerations--either in the connection of those kings with the house of Ahab (as LIGHTFOOT, EBRARD, and ALFORD view it); in their slender right to be regarded as true links in the theocratic chain (as LANGE takes it); or in some similar disqualification.”

“These verses contain the genealogy of Jesus. Luke also Luke 3:0 gives a genealogy of the Messiah. No two passages of Scripture have caused more difficulty than these, and various attempts have been made to explain them. There are two sources of difficulty in these catalogues. Many names that are found in the Old Testament are here omitted; and, The tables of Matthew and Luke appear in many points to be different. From Adam to Abraham Matthew has mentioned no names, and Luke only has given the record. From Abraham to David the two tables are alike. Of course there is no difficulty in reconciling these two parts of the tables. The difficulty lies in that part of the genealogy from David to…”

“1:7 Asa (Greek Asaph): Probably the Old Testament king (1 Kgs 15:9-24; 1 Chr 3:10) and not the psalmist (Asaph; 1 Chr 6:39; 25:1-2; Pss 50, 73-83). Matthew’s focus is on the ancestral line from David to the Messiah.”

“Roboam: Kg1 11:43, 12:1-24; Ch1 3:10; Ch2 9:31, Ch2 13:7, Rehoboam Abia: Kg1 14:31, Abijam, Ch2 12:1, Abijah Asa: 1Kings 15:8-23; 2Chr. 14:1-16:14 Matthew 1:8”