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Matthew 1:12

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After the exile to Babylon, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel became the father of Zerubbabel.

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Babylon was the imperial city in Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) whose conquest of Judah led to the Jewish exile. In Matthew’s genealogy, the exile to Babylon marks a major break in David’s royal line, yet the family line continues through Shealtiel and Zerubbabel toward the Messiah.

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