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1 | How many generations betw Exodus-Solomon | Matt 1:17 | Zor | 207108 | ||
1 Kings 6:1 records that King David's son Solomon built the temple 480 years after Israel came up out of Egypt. I need to reconcile this with Matthew 1, which lists only five generations from Salmon (who married Rahab of Jericho right after the Exodus) to King David: Salmon, Boaz, Obed, Jesse, David? 480 years seems too long for five generations, so I suspect I am missing a clarification elsewhere in scripture. | ||||||
2 | How many generations betw Exodus-Solomon | Matt 1:17 | loavesnfish | 239134 | ||
Zor, If you are still interested in the answer to this question, you ought to be told that you are misunderstanding Matthew's genealogy. Although it is in Matthew's gospel and is called a genealogy, it is actually a royal line of succession, constructed and edited by the scribes. Matthew merely copied it and added Mary and Jesus. Matthew merely observed the 14 generations (read 'reigns'). He commented on them because 14 is an allusion to the messiah, and occurs three times here (two or three witnesses). The generations involved do not represent numbers of years, so they are not relevant to your construct. loavesnfishes |
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