1 a He returneth to the genealogie of Dauid, to shew that Christ came of his stocke.
1 b Which {2Sam. 3,3} is called Cheleab, borne of her, that was Nabals wife the Carmelite.
5 c Onely Salomon was dauids natural sonne, the oher thre were Vriahs, whome Dauid made his by adoption, he that was begoten in adulterie & dyed the eight day, is not rekened among Dauids sonnes.
5 d Called also Bathsheba the daughter of Eliam: so thei gaue them diuerse names.
6 e Elishama, or Elishua {2 Sam 5, 15}: & Eliphelet dyed, & Dauid named those sonnes, which were next borne, by the same names: in the boke of Kings his children are mencioned which were aliue, and here bothe they that were aliue & dead.
15 f So called because he was preferred to the dignitie royal before his brother Jehoiakim, which was the elder.
15 / Or, Jehoahaz {2 King 23, 30}