Dictionary entry

Shealtiel

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

she-ol'-ti-el (she'alti'el, but inHag 1:12,14;2:2, shalti'el; Septuagint and the New Testament always Salathiel, hence, "Salathiel" of 1 Esdras 5:5,48,56; 6:2; the King James Version ofMt 1:12;Lu 3:27): Father of Zerubbabel (Ezr 3:2,8;5:2;Ne 12:1;Hag 1:1,12,14;2:2,23). But, according to1Ch 3:17, Shealtiel was the oldest son of King Jeconiah; in 3:19 the Massoretic Text makes Pedaiah, a brother of Shealtiel, the father of Zerubbabel (compare Curtis, ICC).