Salathiel

There are several of this name in Scripture: one among the sons of Jeconiah, (1Chron. 3: 17.) and another mentioned by Ezra chap. 3: 2. - - but here it is spelt according to the Hebrew, Shealtiel, but both is the same name, and derived from the same root, Sheal, a loan. So that it should seem the father of the first Salathiel called his son by this name, as Hannah did her Samuel, because it was a loan or gift asked of God. (See 1 Sam. i. 20.) - - in the margin also of the Bible. We meet with another Salathiel (Matt. i. 12.) and another, (Luke 3: 27.) though some have thought that this was one and the same person, the branches here uniting in this genealogy of Christ.

Sala´thiel [SHEALTIEL]

1Co 3:17, or SHEALTIEL, father of Zerubbabel, Ezr 3:2 Neh 12:1 Hag 1:1 ; one of the ancestors of Christ, named in both the gospel genealogies, Mat 1:14 Luk 3:27 . See GENEALOGY.\par

Sala’thi-el. (I have asked of God). 1Ch 3:17. The Authorized Version has Salathiel in 1Ch 3:17, but everywhere else in the Old Testament as Shealtiel.

Greek Shealtiel, Hebrew "I have asked God" (compare 1Sa 1:20; 1Sa 1:27-28). Son of Jeconias king of Judah, father of Zerobabel according to Mat 1:12; but son of Neri, and father of Zerobabel according to Luk 3:27; see also 1Ch 3:17-19. No genealogy would assign to a king’s true son and heir an inferior parentage, whereas a private person’s son would naturally be ranked in the king’s pedigree on his becoming rightful heir of the throne, therefore Luke’s genealogy must be that of the natural descent, and Salathiel was "son of Neri," descended from Nathan son of David. On Jeconiah’s dying childless, as Jeremiah foretold, and Solomon’s line thereby failing, Salathiel was heir to David’s throne (See SHEALTIEL.)

SALATHIEL.—1. (1Es 5:5; 1Es 5:48; 1Es 5:56; 1Es 6:2) = Shealtiel (wh. see). 2. Another name of Esdras (2Es 3:1).

sa-lā´thi-el:

(1) (Σαλαθιήλ, Salathiḗl): the King James Version; Greek form of “Shealtiel” (thus the Revised Version (British and American)). The father of Zerubbabel (1 Esdras 5:5, 48, 56; 6:2; Mat 1:12; Luk 3:27).

(2) Revised Version: Another name of Esdras (2 Esdras 3:1, “Salathiel”).