Matthew 1:8 Douay-Rheims

And Asa begot Josaphat. And Josaphat begot Joram. And Joram begot Ozias.

Ambrose of Milan

A.D. 339–397 Patristic

(In Luc. cap. 2.) That there were two kings of the name of Joakim, is clear from the Book of Kings. And Joakim slept with his fathers, and Joachin his son reigned, in his stead. (2 Kings 24:6.) This son is the same whom Jeremiah calls Jeconias. And rightly did St. Matthew purpose to differ from the Prophet, because he sought to shew therein the great abundance of the Lord’s mercies. For the Lord did not seek among men nobility of race, but suitably chose to be born of captives and of sinners, as He came to preach remission of sin to the captives. The Evangelist therefore did not conceal either of these; but rather shewed them both, inasmuch as both were called Jeconias.

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A.D. 397 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 1:8-11

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