8. Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat.Jehoshaphat was the father of Jehoram.Jehoram was the ancestor of Uzziah.
9. Uzziah was the father of Jotham.Jotham was the father of Ahaz.Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah.
10. Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh.Manasseh was the father of Amon.Amon was the father of Josiah.
11. Josiah was the grandfather of Jehoiachin and his brothers.
12. After they were taken to Babylon:Jehoiachin was the father of Shealtiel.Shealtiel was the grandfather of Zerubbabel.
13. Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud.Abiud was the father of Eliakim.Eliakim was the father of Azor.
14. Azor was the father of Zadok.Zadok was the father of Akim.Akim was the father of Eliud.
15. Eliud was the father of Eleazar.Eleazar was the father of Matthan.Matthan was the father of Jacob.
16. Jacob was the father of Joseph.Joseph was the husband of Mary,and Mary was the mother of Jesus.Jesus is called the Christ.
17. So there were 14 generations from Abraham to David. And there were 14 generations from David until the time when the people were taken to Babylon. And there were 14 generations from the time when the people were taken to Babylon until Christ was born.
18. The mother of Jesus Christ was Mary. And this is how the birth of Jesus came about. Mary was engaged to marry Joseph. But before they married, she learned that she was going to have a baby. She was pregnant by the power of the Holy Spirit.