Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Matthew 1:10
And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josiah;
All this exactly agreeth with the Scriptures of the Old Testament. These three princes in a lineal descent immediately succeeded each other, Manasseh (2Ki 20:21; 1Ch 3:13) reigning fifty-five, Amon two, and Josiah thirty-one years, altogether eighty-eight years.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And Ezekias begat Manasses,…. Or Manasseh, 2Ki 20:21. Him Hezekiah begat of Hephzibah, 2Ki 21:1. He was very remarkable both for his sins, and for his humiliation on account of them.
And Manasses begat Amon, of Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah, 2Ki 21:19. He was a very wicked prince.
And Amon begat Josias, or Josiah of Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath, 2Ki 22:1. He was a very pious king, and was prophesied of by name some hundreds of years before he was born,
1Ki 13:2.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
1) “And Ezekias begat Manassas;” (Hezekias de egennesen ton Manassas) “Hezekiah then or thereafter begat Manasseh,” twenty-fifth of the Faith-line of the Abrahamic and Davidic covenants. Manasseh means “one who causes to forget.” He became a wicked and idolatrous king who ruled in Jerusalem for fifty years over Judah; His mother’s name was Hephziah, 2Ki 21:1-16; 2Ch 33:19.
2) “And Manassas begat Amon;” (Manassas de egennesen ton Amos) “Manasseh thereafter begat Amon,” twenty-sixth generation of the Faith-line of Abrahamic promise, joined with the Davidic covenant of kingly lineage promise. He was a wicked king, after order of his own father and was slain in his own house after his reign of two years over Judah in Jerusalem, 2Ki 21:19-26; 2Ch 33:20-25.
3) “And Amon beget Josias;” (Amos de egennesen ton losian) “Amos then begat Josiah,” twenty-seventh generation of the Abrahamic covenant Faith-line and of the kingly lineage of the Davidic covenant. The name Josiah from Gk. Josias means “whom Jehovah heals
He was king over Judah from Jerusalem for thirty years, doing what was right in the sight of the Lord, rebuilding the temple, destroying objects of idol worship and securing a covenant from the masses of Judah to keep the Laws of the covenant, 2Ki 22,23; 1-30.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
10 And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;
Ver. 10. And Ezekias begat Manasses ] Who degenerates into his grandfather Ahaz, as the kernel of a well-fruited plant doth sometimes into that crab or willow which gave the original to his stock. This man was (till converted) as very a nonesuch in Judah as Ahab was in Israel; yet no king of either Judah or Israel reigned so long as he. It was well for him that he lived so long to grow better, as it had been better for Asa to have died sooner, when he was in his prime. But they are met in heaven, I doubt not; whither whether we come sooner or later, happy are we.
And Manasses begat Amon ] Who followed his father in sin, but not in repentance. “And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this; but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord,” &c.,Dan 5:22Dan 5:22 . It is a just presage and desert of ruin, not to be warned. This was a bloody prince, therefore lived not out half his days. Queen Mary’s reign was the shortest of any since the Conquest, Richard III only excepted; yet she was non natura, seal pontificiorum arte ferox, say some.
And Amon begat Josias ] Of whom that is true that Jerome writes of another, In brevi vitoe spatio tempora virtutum multa replevit; or, as Mr. Hooker speaketh of King Edward VI, He departed soon, but lived long; for life consists in action: “In all these is the life of my spirit,” saith Hezekiah, Isa 38:15-16 ; but the wanton widow is “dead while she liveth,” 1Ti 5:6 . That good king lived apace and died betime, being delicioe Orbis, as Titus was called; and Mirabilia mundi, as Otho; having at his death (as it is said of Titus) one thing only to repent of, and that was his rash engaging himself in a needless quarrel, to the loss of his life and the ruin of that state. a When Epaminondas was once slain, his countrymen were no longer famous for their valour and victories, but for their cowardice and calamities. ( Nec virtutibus Thebani, sed cladibus insignes. ) When Augustus departed this world, we feared, saith one, the world’s ruin, and were ready to wish that either he had never been born, or never died. When God took away Theodosius, he took away with him almost all the peace of that church and state; so he did of this, with Josiah, that heavenly spark, that plant of renown, that precious prince,
” Qui regum decus, et iuvenum flos, spesque bonorum,
Delicice seecli, et gloria gentis erat:
as Cardanus sang of our English Josiah, King Edward VI b
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b Orbis ruinam timueramus. Paterculus. Ludovico XII defuncto, tam subita orta est mutatio, ut qui prius digito coelum attingere videbatur, nunc humi serpere; sideratos esse diceres. Budaeus. Some think that Pedaiah (whose natural son Zorobabel was, 1Ch 3:19 ) should be here reckoned, though he be not named, because he was born and died obscurely in Babylon. Verseius. Funccius. Magdeburg. Praefat. ad Centur. 5.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Manasses = Manasseh. (2Ki 20:21. 2Ch 32:33.)
Amon. (2Ki 21:18. 2Ch 33:20.)
Josias = Josiah (2Ki 21:24. 2Ch 33:20).
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Josias
Josiah, 1Ki 13:2
Fuente: Scofield Reference Bible Notes
Manasses: 2Ki 20:21, 2Ki 21:1-18, 2Ki 24:3, 2Ki 24:4, 1Ch 3:13-15, 2Ch 32:33, 2Ch 33:1-19, Manasseh
Amon: 2Ki 21:19-26, 2Ch 33:20-24
Josias: 1Ki 13:2, 2Ki 21:26, 2Ki 22:1-20, 2Ki 23:1-30, 2Ch 33:25, 2Ch 34:1-33, 2Ch 35:1-27, Jer 1:2, Jer 1:3, Josiah
Reciprocal: 2Sa 15:26 – General 2Ki 18:1 – Hezekiah 1Ch 3:14 – Josiah 2Ch 29:1 – Hezekiah
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1:10
Verse 10. Mamasses is spelled Manasseh and Josias is the same as Josiah.