Josias begat Jechenias] Some read, Josias begat Jakim, and Jakim begat Jechonias. and his brethren] Some conceive therefore, that by Jechonias here, must needs be meant Jhojakim, because Jechoniah had no brethren, and that his brethren are here mentioned, because two of them were kings, Jehoahaz, and Zedekiah: yet were they all noted for calamitie, to shew, that it was no strange thing to see the royall stock so low afterwards: yet Jechoniah is said to have a brother called Zedekiah, 1 Chronicles 3:16. which cannot be Zedekiah his uncle, that was king after him, for he is reckoned there, verse 15. as the son of Josiah. about the time] Or, who lived in the time. For Josias was dead before, and so could not then beget children.