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(A)Jesse the father of David the king.

David became the father of Solomon, whose mother had been the wife of Uriah. [a](B)Solomon became the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asaph.

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  1. 1:7 The successor of Abijah was not Asaph but Asa (see 1 Chr 3:10). Some textual witnesses read the latter name; however, Asaph is better attested. Matthew may have deliberately introduced the psalmist Asaph into the genealogy (and in Mt 1:10 the prophet Amos) in order to show that Jesus is the fulfillment not only of the promises made to David (see 2 Sm 7) but of all the Old Testament.