Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa his son, …” 1 Chr 3:10). If a genealogy displays depth alone, it is termed linear. It must by definition have a depth of at least two generations. Wilson has pointed out that biblical genealogies, like extrabiblical ones, are normally quite limited in depth, with even the linear genealogies rarely extending beyond ten to twelve generations; a range of four to six is more common. However, 1 Chr 2–9 is noted as the sole exception to this principle, possibly because the