MATTHEW’S LINE OF KINGS (Matt 1:6-16)

“So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from DAVID UNTIL THE CARRYING AWAY INTO BABYLON are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into BABYLON UNTO CHRIST are fourteen generations.” (Matt 1:17)

OLD TESTAMENT LINE OF KINGS  

MATTHEW’S LINE OF KINGS

David                  

1

David

Solomon

2

Solomon

Rehoboam

3

Roboam

Abijah

4

Abia

Asa  

5

Asa

Jehoshaphat

6

Josaphat

Jehoram

7

Joram marries Athaliah from the North 

Ahaziah

Rejected  Mixed marriage with the Northern tribes

Queen Athaliah

Rejected  Mixed marriage with the Northern tribes

Joash

Rejected  Mixed marriage with the Northern tribes

Amaziah

Rejected  Mixed marriage with the Northern tribes

Uzziah

8

Ozias

Jotham

9

Joatham

Ahaz

10

Achaz

Hezekiah

11

Ezekias

Manasseh

12

Manasses

Amon

13

Amon

Josiah

14

JOSIAS

Jehoahaz

Rejected  Babylon puppet

Jehoiakim

Rejected  Babylon puppet

Jehoiachin

Rejected  Babylon puppet

Zedekiah

Rejected  Babylonian captivity

1            BABYLON

2

Salathiel

3

Zorobabel

4

Abiud

5

Eliakim

6

Azor

7

Sadoc

8

Achim

9

Eliud

10

Eleazar

11

Matthan

12

Jacob

13

Joseph

14

CHRIST