Hezekiah begot Manasseh, Manasseh begot Amon, and Amon begot Josiah. Josiah begot Jeconiah and his brothers about the time they were carried away to Babylon. Matthew 1:10-11
Manasseh was a wicked king, of whom it is said “he seduced Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to do more evil than the nations whom the Lord had destroyed before the children of Israel!” And yet, he is mentioned here in the lineage of Joseph, along with the likes of Abraham, David and Jehoshaphat.
Only God could weave a beautiful tapestry from such tattered, even filthy rags.
