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NASB | Matthew 1:17 ¶ So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; from David to the deportation to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the deportation to Babylon to the Messiah, fourteen generations. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 1:17 ¶ So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen; from David to the Babylonian deportation (exile), fourteen generations; and from the Babylonian deportation to the Messiah, fourteen generations. |
Bible Question: 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. |
Bible Answer: 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 |