ContradictionsReading order 412Bible context 1 min read
Was Jeconiah the son or grandson of Josiah?
Matthew skips the father named in Chronicles, placing Jeconiah directly after his grandfather Josiah.
- Textual conflict
- Weak tension
- The alleged conflict needs substantial assumptions, such as treating an omission as a denial or figurative language as literal.
- Importance
- Minor
- A local detail in a story, chronology, or inventory.
Matthew omits Jehoiakim but follows the same family descent, so incompatible immediate fatherhood depends on rejecting genealogical compression.
An editorial assessment of the quoted passages. Importance describes the stakes; it does not increase certainty. Reading order weighs both.
Matthew says Josias begat Jechonias
And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon:
Matthew 1:11
Translation / edition: King James Version (KJV)
Read the full chapter:Matthew 1
Chronicles places Jehoiakim between Josiah and Jeconiah
And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum. And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.
1 Chronicles 3:15-16
Translation / edition: King James Version (KJV)
Read the full chapter:1 Chronicles 3