8th December 2016

Mattaniah

Mattaniah[MÔöÇ├óttanÔöÇ┬¢’ah]

gift of jehovah.

  • A brother of Jehoiakim, made king instead of his nephew, Jehoiakim, also called Zedekiah (2 Kings 24:17).
  • A Levite, descendant of Asaph and founder of a tribal family (1 Chron. 9:152 Chron. 20:14Neh. 11:17, 2212:8, 25, 35).
  • A son of Heman the singer in David's time (1 Chron. 25:4, 16).
  • A descendant of Asaph who assisted Hezekiah in the cleansing of the Temple (2 Chron. 29:13).
  • A descendant of Elam who had married a foreign wife (Ezra 10:26).
  • A son of Zattu who had done the same (Ezra 10:27).
  • One of the family of Pahath-moab who had done the same (Ezra 10:30).
  • A son of Bani guilty of the same act (Ezra 10:37).
  • A Levite whose descendant, Hanan, was one of Nehemiah's treasurers (Neh. 13:13).

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