Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah.
Concerning this genealogy of our Saviour, observe, I. The title of it. It is the book (or the account, as the Hebrew word sepher, a book, sometimes signifies) of the generation of Jesus Christ, of his ancestors according to the flesh; or, It is the narrative of his birth. It is Biblos Geneseò„s - a book of Genesis.
Commenting on Matthew 1:1-17
And Asa begat Josaphat,.... Called Jehoshaphat, Kg1 15:24 whom Asa begat of Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi, Kg1 22:42. He also was a very good prince. And Josaphat begat Joram; called Jehoram, Kg1 22:50 to whom his father gave the kingdom, because he was the firstborn, Ch2 21:3. And Joram begat Ozias; called Uzziah, Ch2 26:1 and Azariah, Kg2 15:1.
Verse 8. No specific Barnes text on this verse.