The father of Zerubbabel (Ezr 3:2,6; 5:2; Ne 12:1; Hag 1:1,12,14; 2:2,23). According to 1Ch 3:17, Shealtiel was the eldest son of king Jeconiah. In 1Ch 3:10 the Massoretic Text makes Pedaiah (a brother of Shealtiel) the father of Zerubbabel.