If such was the case, their firstborn son (Zerubbabel) would be called after Shealtiel, not Pedaiah (even though, in the strict biological sense, Zerubbabel would be Pedaiah’s son). 2), that he is associated in this capacity with the high priest Jeshua in the general administration (Ezra iii. (Sirach) xlix. Psalm 112:1 Praise ye the LORD. Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the LORD. Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel from the tribe of Judah was the governor of Jerusalem and Joshua the son of Jehozadak was the high priest. In the second month of the second year of the return they laid the foundation of the Temple, but the opposition of "the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin" (either descendants of Jews who had not gone into exile or interlopers who showed hostility to the returning exiles) caused a delay of seventeen years. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, OT Prophets: Haggai 1:12 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel (Hagg. 3; v. 2; Hag. Son of Shealtiel (Ezra iii. 1:12); called also the son of Pedaiah (1 Chr. i. ; Hag. ), and that the same title of governor ("peḥah") of Judah is given him by the prophet Haggai (i. 1; Zech. 19 is probably a scribal error) and grandson of Jehoiachin. iii. - Matthew 1:12; Joda was the son of Joanan. Zerubbabel is called son of Shealtiel (Haggai 1:1, &c.; Ezra 3:2; Ezra 5:2--part of the chronicle it should be remembered; Matthew 1:12). Ryle, Ezra and Nehemiah, in The Cambridge Bible for Schools, Cambridge, 1893; Van Hoonacke, Zorobabel et le Second Temple, Paris, 1892; Sayce, Higher Criticism and the Verdict of the Monuments, pp. 1 Chronicles 3:17-19 states that Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel and Pedaiah. 12:1; Hag. Genesis 22:12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me. Several texts (that are thought to be more-or-less contemporaneous) explicitly call "Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel" (Ezra 3:2,8; 5:2, Nehemiah 12:1, Haggai 1:1,12,14). This kingdom, he believes, was regarded as Messianic, and in Isa. There is conflicting text in the Hebrew Bible in 1 Chronicles 3:19, which lists Zerubbabel as the son of Shealtiel's brother, Pedaiah (while the Greek Septuagint lists Zerubbabel as the son 1Ch iCh i Ch 1 chr 1chr) Christian Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools. Nothing further is certainly known of Zerubbabel, although a Jewish tradition says that he returned to Babylon and died there. 8). Ezra 5:2 Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem: and with them were the prophets of God helping them. 5, Zerubbabel, together with the high priest Jeshua and others, erected an altar for burnt offerings in the seventh month, offered morning and evening sacrifices, and kept the Feast of Tabernacles. The seed of Babylon, the son of Salathiel or Shealtiel (Hag. Zerubbabel [EBD] the seed of Babylon, the son of Salathiel or Shealtiel (Hag. 19, and in Ecclus. 2, 8; Hag. 1; ii. iii. (12) With all the remnant of.--The word may mean either "the remnant" restored from Babylon, or merely "the remainder" of the people. Grandson of King Jehoiakim 18th King of Judah. 2, 21) as is attributed to Sheshbazzar by Ezra (v. 14); while it is supposed that he, like Daniel, bore a double name, the Hebrew "Zerubbabel" and the Babylonian "Sheshbazzar."