1. The discussion here does not take into consideration variations in the spellings of the names, or their transliteration, as well as variations arising out of different practices in translation.
2. These two names, which are found in some manuscripts, are included in RSV-NRSV, but omitted in KJV, NIV, NKJV. NASB includes only Admin.
3. Eliakim was also known as Jehoiakim, and Jeconiah as Jehoiachin. Why Matthew omitted the four kings remains a matter of speculation. One plausible suggestion is that they were seen as cursed; see, e.g., 2 Chr 22:7-9; 24:22-24; 25:14-18; Jer 36:30, 22:28-30.
4. 10x in Matthew, 3x in Mark, 4x in Luke, none in John.
5. D. S. Huffman, "Genealogy" in Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels, ed by J. B. Green, S. McKnight & I. Howard Marshall (Leicester: InterVarsity, 1992) 255.
6. J. Nolland, Luke 1-9:20 (Word Biblical Commentary, 35A; Waco, Tx: Word, 1989) 168.
7. D. S. Huffman, "Genealogy" in Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels, ed by J. B. Green, S. McKnight & I. Howard Marshall (Leicester: InterVarsity, 1992) 257.
8. D. S. Huffman, "Genealogy" in Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels, ed by J. B. Green, S. McKnight & I. Howard Marshall (Leicester: InterVarsity, 1992) 258.