Uzziah fathered Jotham, Jotham fathered Ahaz, and Ahaz fathered Hezekiah.
Parallel translations
- WEB Uzziah became the father of Jotham. Jotham became the father of Ahaz. Ahaz became the father of Hezekiah.
- KJV And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias;
- BSB Uzziah was the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah.
- NKJV Uzziah begot Jotham, Jotham begot Ahaz, and Ahaz begot Hezekiah.
- NLT Uzziah was the father of Jotham. Jotham was the father of Ahaz. Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah.
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Quick answer
The line runs through Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah. It includes both faithful and wicked kings in the Messiah's ancestry.
Overview
Ahaz was a notably faithless king, while his son Hezekiah was among Judah's most godly rulers. The mixture shows that the promise to David did not depend on the worthiness of his descendants but on God's own faithfulness. The line presses onward toward the King who would never fail.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- 1 Chr 3:11–13Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,
- Isa 7:1–13In the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.
- Isa 36:1–22Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all of the fortified cities of Judah, and captured them.
- 2 Kgs 15:32In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel, Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah began to reign.
- 2 Kgs 15:7Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in David’s city: and Jotham his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Kgs 18:1–20Now in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.
- 2 Chr 27:1Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok.
- 2 Chr 26:21Uzziah the king was a leper to the day of his death, and lived in a separate house, being a leper; for he was cut off from Yahweh’s house. Jotham his son was over the king’s house, judging the people of the land.
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