<p>1:13 <em>Zerubbabel begot Abiud- </em>Other children of Zerubbabel are recorded in 1 Chron. 3:19. But it was through one who was not otherwise of note or fame that the Lord was descended. Or perhaps Abiud was another name for one of the sons listed there. The apparent contradiction with Lk. 3:27 is solved if we read that as &quot;which was the son of Rhesa Zerubbabel&quot;. See on :16.</p>
<p><em>Abiud begot Eliakim, Eliakim begot Azor</em>- This part of the genealogy is not found in the Old Testament. We wonder whether God as it were beamed this information into Matthew, or whether he did his own research through public registers and was Divinely guided and inspired in his findings and how he recorded it.</p>