Mattaniah

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

Gift of Jehovah. (1.) A Levite, son of Heman, the chief of the ninth class of temple singers (1 Chr. 25:4, 16). (2.) A Levite who assisted in purifying the temple at the reformation under Hezekiah (2 Chr. 29:13). (3.) The original name of Zedekiah (q.v.), the last of the kings of Judah (2 Kings 24:17). He was the third son of Josiah, who fell at Megiddo. He succeeded his nephew Jehoiakin.

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ISBE

mat-a-ni'-a (mattanyaha, "gift of Yah"): (1) King Zedekiah's original name, but changed by Nebuchadnezzar when he made him king over Judah instead of his nephew Jehoiachin ( 2Ki 24:17 ). (2) A descendant of Asaph ( 1Ch 9:15 ), leader of the temple choir ( Ne 11:17 ; 12:8 ). Mentioned among the "porters," keepers of "the storehouses of the gates" ( Ne 12:25 ), and again in Ne 12:35 as among the "priests' sons with trumpets." (3) May be the same as (2), though in 2Ch 20:14 he is mentioned as an ancestor of that Jahaziel whose inspired words in the midst of the congregation encouraged Jehoshaphat to withstand the invasion of Moab, Ammon and Seir (20:14 ff). (4-7) Four others who had foreign wives, (a) the Matthanias of 1 Esdras 9:27 ( Ezr 10:26 ); (b) the Othonias of 1 Esdras 9:28 ( Ezr 10:27 ); (c) the Matthanias of 1 Esdras 9:31 ( Ezr 10:30 ); (d) the fourth of these in 1 Esdras 9:34 the King James Version has had his name blended into that of Mattenai, and the two appear as the composite name Mamnitanemus ( Ezr 10:37 ). He is a son of Bani. (8) A Levite, father of Zaccur, ancestor of Hanan the under-treasurer of the Levitical offerings under Nehemiah ( Ne 13:13 ). (9) One of the sons of Heman the singer, whose office it was to blow the horns in the temple-service as David had appointed it ( 1Ch 25:4 , 5 ). He was head of the 9th division of the 12 Levites ( 1Ch 25:16 ), who were proficient in the Songs of Yahweh ( 1Ch 25:7 ). (10) One of the sons of Asaph who helped Hezekiah in the fulfilling of his vow to cleanse the house of the Lord ( 2Ch 29:13 ). Henry Wallace

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(gift of Jehovah).

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