Sheal'tiel (Heb. Shealtiel', שׁאִלתַּיאֵל, asked of God; Anglicized thus in the A.V. at Ezr 3:2,8; Ezr 5:2; Ne 12:1; Hag 1:1; but "Salathiel" at 1Ch 3:17; also in the contracted form Shaltiel', שַׁלתַּיאֵל, "Shealtiel," Hag 1:12,14; Hag 2:2; Sept., Apocrypha, Josephus, and N. Test., Σαλαθιήλ; "Salathiel," 1 Esdr. 5:5, 48, 56; 6:2; 2 Esdr. 5:16; Mt 1:12; Lu 3:27), the son of Jechoniah, or Jehoiachin, king of Judah, and father of Zorobabel, according to Mt 1:12, but son of Neri (Neriah) and father of Zorobabel (Zerubbabel) according to Lu 3:27; while the genealogy in 1Ch 3:17-19 leaves it doubtful whether he is the son of Assir or Jechoniah, and makes Zerubbabel his nephew. The truth seems to be that he was the son of the captive prince Jechoniah, or Jehoiachin (for the prophecy in Jer 22:30 seems only to mean that he should have no successor on the throne), by a daughter of Neri, or Neriah, of the private line of David; and that having himself no heir, he adopted his nephew Zerubbabel, or perhaps was the father of this last by his deceased brother's widow. B.C. cir. 580. SEE GENEALOGY OF CHRIST.
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John McClintock was born October 27, 1814 in Philadelphia to Irish immigrants, John and Martha McClintock. He began as a clerk in his father's store, and then became a bookkeeper in the Methodist Book Concern in New York. Here he converted to Methodism and considered joining the ministry. McClintock entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1832 and graduated with high honors three years later. Subsequently, he was awarded a doctorate of divinity degree from the same institution in 1848.WikipediaRead More