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Name meaning: Mattana, Mattenai, gifts; rains (Hitchcock)
Gift. (1.) A priest of Baal, slain before his altar during the reformation under Jehoiada (2 Kings 11:18).
(2.) The son of Eleazar, and father of Jacob, who was the father of Joseph, the husband of the Virgin Mary (Matt. 1:15).
(3.) The father of Shephatiah (Jer. 38:1).
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
(a gift).
The priest of Baal slain before his altars in the idol temple at Jerusalem. (2 Kings 11:18; 2 Chronicles 23:17) He probably accompanied Athalia from Samaria.
The father of Shephatiah. (Jeremiah 38:1)
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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