What is in question: Different biblical lists attach Shealtiel and Zerubbabel to different fathers, so the issue is which textual witness is being followed at each link.

One reading

Zerubbabel is son of Shealtiel

majority

Claim: Several texts call Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, so this is the most repeated biblical wording for Zerubbabel's father.

Basis: Matthew 1:12 and Luke 3:27 put Zerubbabel after Shealtiel; Ezra 3:2 and Haggai 1:1 call Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel.

Who holds it: not attributed to a named source in this dataset

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Another reading

Zerubbabel is son of Pedaiah

contested

Claim: 1 Chronicles names Pedaiah as Zerubbabel's father, so that link cannot be erased when comparing the lists.

Basis: 1 Chronicles 3:19 says the sons of Pedaiah were Zerubbabel and Shimei.

Who holds it: not attributed to a named source in this dataset

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A third reading

Shealtiel is linked to Jeconiah or Neri

contested

Claim: Matthew and 1 Chronicles associate Shealtiel with Jeconiah, while Luke places Neri before Shealtiel.

Basis: 1 Chronicles 3:17 and Matthew 1:12 connect Shealtiel with Jeconiah; Luke 3:27 calls Shealtiel son of Neri.

Who holds it: not attributed to a named source in this dataset

Verses:

Scholarly weight: For Zerubbabel, Shealtiel is the more widely repeated biblical father-name, but Pedaiah remains a real Chronicles counter-witness. For Shealtiel's own father, Matthew/Chronicles and Luke preserve different lines, and this apparatus does not choose a harmonization.

Graph note: The graph retains all cited edges as textual witnesses rather than collapsing them into one harmonized family tree.