Matthew 1:10 is the tenth verse of Matthew 1

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Matthew 1 is the first chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. It contains two distinct sections. The first lists the genealogy of Jesus's legal father Joseph from Abraham...

 of the Gospel of Matthew

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 in the Bible

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. The verse is part of the section where the genealogy

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 of Joseph

Saint Joseph

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, the father of Jesus

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, is listed.

In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads:

And Ezekias begat Manasses;

and Manasses begat Amon;

and Amon begat Josias;

The World English Bible

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 translates the passage as:

Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh.

Manasseh became the father of Amon.

Amon became the father of Josiah.

For a collection of other versions see BibRef Matthew 1:10

This part of the list coincides with the list of the Kings of Judah

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 in a number of other parts of the Bible

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. Unlike other parts of Matthew's genealogy this list is fully in keeping with the other sources. According to W.F. Albright Hezekiah

Hezekiah

Hezekiah was the son of Ahaz and the 14th king of Judah. Edwin Thiele has concluded that his reign was between c. 715 and 686 BC. He is also one of the most prominent kings of Judah mentioned in the Hebrew Bible....

 ruled from 715 BC to 687 BC. His son Manasseh

Manasseh of Judah

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 ruled from his father's death until 642 BC, while Manasseh's son Amon

Amon of Judah

Amon was the king of Judah who succeeded his father Manasseh of Judah on the throne according to the Bible. His mother was Meshullemeth, daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. He was married to Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath....

 ruled from 642 BC to 640 BC. Josiah

Josiah

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 ruled from 640 BC to 609 BC. Manasseh was widely regarded as the most wicked king of Judah, so why he appears in this genealogy when other discreditable ancestors have been left out is an important question. Davies and Allison not that the portrayal of Manasseh in the literature of the period was divided. While some sources represented him as a purely wicked figure, others represented him as man who eventually found repentance for his deeds. The author of Matthew may have been more acquainted with the later school and thus left him in.

The biblical scholar Robert H. Gundry

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 points out that the author of Matthew actually wrote Amos, rather than Amon. He argues the name might have been changed to link the minor prophet Amos

Amos (prophet)

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 who made predictions concerning the messiah

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