Shealtiel
Shealtiel was a son of Jeconiah (Jehoiachin), the exiled king of Judah, born during or shortly after the Babylonian exile. He was the father (or, in some genealogical readings, the legal/adoptive father) of Zerubbabel, who would lead the first return from exile and oversee the rebuilding of the Temple.
Biography
- Father
- Jeconiah
- Era
- Exile / Second Temple
Family
Did You Know?
1 Chronicles 3:17-19 presents a genealogically complex picture in which Zerubbabel is called both Shealtiel's son and, in one verse, connected to Shealtiel's brother Pedaiah - a puzzle genealogists have debated for centuries.
Shealtiel's name means 'I have asked of God,' fitting for a child born into the uncertainty of exile.
Key Chapters
Key Passages
From the Exile to Joseph
Matthew 1:12
Shealtiel's generation marks the hinge point where Judah's royal line passes from captive kings in Babylon to the leaders of the Return.
12nd after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel;