And David became the father of Solomon by the wife^* of Uriah, ⁷and Solomon became the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam became the father of Abijah, and Abijah became the father of Asa,^b ⁸and Asa became the father of Jehoshaphat,^c and Jehoshaphat became the father of Joram, and Joram became the father of Uzziah, ⁹and Uzziah became the father of Jotham, and Jotham became the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz became the father of Hezekiah, ¹⁰and Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh became the father of Amon,^d and Amon became the father of Josiah, ¹¹and Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.

¹²And after the deportation to Babylon, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel,^e and Shealtiel became the father of Zerubbabel, ¹³and Zerubbabel became the father of Abiud, and Abiud became the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim became the father of Azor, ¹⁴and Azor became the father of Zadok, and Zadok became the father of Achim, and Achim became the father of Eliud, ¹⁵and Eliud became the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar became the father of Matthan, and Matthan became the father of Jacob, ¹⁶and Jacob became the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary by whom^f was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

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Footnotes

*The word “wife” is not in the Greek text, but is implied idiomatically
bGreek “Asaph,” alternately spelled “Asa” in many English versions here and in the following verse (cf. 1 Chr 3:10)
cGreek “Josaphat”; alternately spelled “Jehoshaphat” in many English versions
dThe earliest and best Greek manuscripts read “Amos,” but many English versions use the Old Testament form of the name here, “Amon” (cf. 2 Kgs 21:18)
eGreek “Salathiel,” but many English versions use the Old Testament form of the name here, “Shealtiel” (cf. Ezra 3:2)
fThe Greek relative pronoun is feminine gender and thus refers only to Mary, not Joseph