Matthew 1:9 is the ninth verse of the first chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the Bible. The verse is part of the non-synoptic section where the genealogy of Joseph, the legal father of Jesus, is listed, or on non-Pauline interpretations the genealogy of Jesus. The purpose of the genealogy is to show descent from the line of kings, in particular David, as the Messiah was predicted to be the son of David (; , , among others), and descendant of Abraham (; ). Content In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: And Ozias begat Jotham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias; The World English Bible translates the passage as: Uzziah became the father of Jotham. Jotham became the father of Ahaz. Ahaz became the father of Hezekiah. For a collection of other versions see BibleHub Matthew 1:9. Greek text The Koine Greek Byzantine text or majority text, and the textus receptus both read: . Constantin von Tischendorf gives rather for the first king. Westcott-Hort offers the main reading and also a variant for the third king. Nestle-Aland has instead of . Vulgate (Latin) text The Latin Vulgate of Jerome gives: Peshitta text The Peshitta text is substantially different, translated it is: Awazea fathered Yoram Yoram fathered Yahoshapat fathered Khizaqea. Analysis This part (the second section - David to the Babylon Removal - as summarized in Matthew 1:17) of the list of Jesus' ancestry coincides with the list of the Kings of Judah that can be constructed from Old Testament records of Bible. Unlike other parts of Matthew's genealogy this list is fully in keeping with the other Jewish sources. Thomas Long sees this as Matthew's method to disclose the true identity of Jesus to his Jewish-Christian readers, that Jesus is 'the culmination of Israel's history', and 'the embodiment of their hunger for a true and perfect king'. Uzziah, was King of Judah (809 BC - 759 BC) (Amos 1:1). According to William F. Albright, Jotham ruled from 742 BC until 735 BC and his son Ahaz ruled from his death until 715 BC, whereas Ahaz's son Hezekiah ruled from 715 BC to 687 BC. Hezekiah was the king whose actions prompted the Babylonians to take the Jews into captivity, as prophesied in Isaiah 38 and mentioned in the genealogy at Verse 11. Hezekiah had fifteen years added to his lifespan by God,