Jesse begat David] 1 Samuel 16:1. and 1 Samuel 17:12. He was the youngest of Davids sons, yet Christ comes of him, to shew, that this line was not guided by naturall succession all along, but sometimes by Gods favour, preferring the younger before the elder, as Gen. 48. 14, 18, 19. This also might be a part of Christs humiliation. the king] The first king in the line of our Saviour Christ, and whose kingdom should last long over Judah, but spiritually over the church, till the end of the world in Christ, Daniel 2:44. Luke 1:32-33. 1 Corinthians 15:24-25. David the king begat Solomon] 2 Samuel 12:24. Christ succeeding great David, and wise Solomon, shews, that some great and wise ones may be saved by him, though not many, in comparison of others, 1 Corinthians 1:20. Most think, that the legall line of our Saviour is henceforth prosecuted by Matthew, as the naturall is by Luke, who makes him to come of Nathan, Luke 3:31. And that here he is reckoned as heir to Solomon in the kingdom, whose race some think failed at, before, or in the captivitie, though some think otherwise. See notes on Jeremiah 22:28; Jeremiah 22:30. Others think the line to be naturall in either, but the one drawn down to Joseph, the other to Mary.