Bible Person

Shealtiel

Meaning: same as Salathiel · Male · 11 cross references

Shealtiel is the exile-era descendant of Jehoiachin most often remembered as the father of Zerubbabel. He stands in the line that carries Davidic memory through Babylon and into the restoration period. First appears in 1 Chr 3:17.1

AI summary: Shealtiel matters because the cross references preserve him at the point where the royal line survives without a throne. Through Zerubbabel, his name becomes part of the rebuilding story and later the messianic genealogies of the New Testament. He is therefore significant not for dramatic actions of his own, but for what his preserved line makes possible in history and hope. Taken together, the material presents Shealtiel as an important Davidic link between exile, restoration, and later expectation.1