of kings of Judah. Some are omitted, although this abbreviated version is still a remarkable testimony to the way in which the bloodline of Christ ran through the successive kings of the southern kingdom. Although Judah’s history witnessed spiritual degeneration resulting in exile, God was still preserving a royal seed in succession to David and which looked forward to the coming of Jesus Christ. The third part runs from the exile to Jesus and illustrates God’s saving work in the world. Just as the