 Jeconiah, Shealtiel as well as the most of the royal house and elite of Judah were exiled to Babylon by order of Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon after the first siege of Jerusalem in 597 BC.During the Babylonian captivity, Shealtiel was regarded as the second Exilarch (or king-in-exile), following his father.In Hebrew, the name "Shealtiel" means, "Shə’altî ’Ēl", "I asked El (for this child)".