SHEALTIEL

she-ol'-ti-el (she'alti'el, but in Haggai 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 of Matthew 1:12; Luke 3:27): Father of Zerubbabel (Ezra 3:2,8; 5:2; Nehemiah 12:1; Haggai 1:1,12,14; 2:2,23). But, according to 1 Chronicles 3:17, Shealtiel was the oldest son of King Jeconiah; in 1 Chronicles 3:19 the Massoretic Text makes Pedaiah, a brother of Shealtiel, the father of Zerubbabel (compare Curtis,ICC ).

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.