Meaning
Shealtiel she-ol'-ti-el (she'alti'el, but in Hag 1:12, Hag 1:14, Hag 2:2, shalti'el; Septuagint and the New Testament always Salathiel, hence, "Salathiel" of Esdras 5:5,48,56; 6:2; the King James Version of Mat 1:12, Luk 3:27): Father of Zerubbabel (Ezr 3:2, Ezr 3:8, Ezr 5:2, Neh 12:1, Hag 1:1, Hag 1:12, Hag 1:14, Hag 2:2, Hag 2:23). But, according to 1Ch 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, I)CC.
