Shealtiel [Shēăl'tĭel]—i have asked of god. A son of Jeconiah, and father of Zerubbabel who led the Jews back from the Babylonian exile (Ezra 3:2, 8; 5:2; Neh. 12:1; Hag. 1:1, 12, 14; 2:2). Also an ancestor of Christ (Matt. 1:12; Luke 3:27). Also called Salathiel.