The sons of Jehoiachin, who was taken prisoner by the Babylonians, were Shealtiel,
Parallel translations
- WEB The sons of Jeconiah, the captive: Shealtiel his son,
- KJV And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son,
- BSB The descendants of Jeconiah the captive: Shealtiel his son,
- NKJV And the sons of Jeconiah were Assir, Shealtiel his son,
- NASB The sons of Jeconiah, the prisoner, were his son Shealtiel
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Quick answer
The sons of Jeconiah the captive included Shealtiel. It continues the Davidic line through the exile.
Overview
Shealtiel, son of the captive Jeconiah, becomes a crucial link in the post-exilic line of David. The note of captivity reminds readers of the exile, yet the line is not extinguished. Shealtiel appears in Jesus' genealogy (Matthew 1:12), showing that God preserved David's house even in Babylon to fulfill His redemptive plan.
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Cross-references · 4
- Ezra 3:2Then Jeshua the son of Jozadak stood up with his brothers the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and his brothers, and built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.
- Matt 1:12After the exile to Babylon, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel became the father of Zerubbabel.
- Ezra 5:2Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak rose up and began to build God’s house which is at Jerusalem; and with them were the prophets of God, helping them.
- Ezra 3:8Now in the second year of their coming to God’s house at Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites, and all those who had come out of the captivity to Jerusalem, began the work and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to have the oversight of the work of Yahweh’s house.
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