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מַתַּנְיָ֫הוּ

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Mattaniah

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.30 § Mattaniah = "gift of Jehovah" 1) the original name of the last king of Judah before the captivity; also known as 'Zedekiah' 2) a Levite, son of Heman, whose office was to blow the horns in the temple service as appointed by David 3) a Levite of the family of Asaph 4) a Levite of the family of Asaph who assisted in the purification of the temple in the reign of Hezekiah 5) a Levite of the family of Asaph who took part in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem; leader of the temple choir 6) a Levite, descendant of Asaph and ancestor of Jahaziel in the time of Jehoshaphat 7) another Levite in the time of Nehemiah 8) a Levite, father of Zaccur and ancestor of Hanan the under-treasurer who had charge of the offerings in the time of Nehemiah 9) a man of the sons of Elam who had and put away a strange wife in the time of Ezra 10) a man of the sons of Zattu who had and put away a strange wife in the time of Ezra 11) a man descended from Pahath-moab who had and put away a strange wife in the time of Ezra 12) a man of the sons of Bani who had and put away a strange wife in the time of Ezra

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

מַתַּנְיָ֫הוּ, מַתַּנְיָה proper name, masculine (compare GrayProp. N. 294, No. 82); — ᵐ5 Μαθθας, Μανθανιας, Ματθανιας, etc.; —

1. מַתַּנְיָה, last king of Judah, name changed to Zedekiah 2Kgs 24:17.
2. מַתַּנְיָ֫הוּ, Levite name:
  a. son of Heman 1Chr 25:4.
  b. Asaphite 1Chr 25:16.
  c. id., 2Chr 29:13 (Hezekiah's time).
3. מַתַּנְיָה, Levite name:
  a. Asaphite 1Chr 9:15; Neh 11:17; Neh 11:22; Neh 12:8; Neh 12:35, perhaps = 2 b, c (but much confusion and uncertainty; e.g. ׳מ is of Hezekiah's time 2Chr 29:13, and 4th generation before Nehemiah, Neh 11:12; Neh 12:35 while contemporary of Zerubbabel Neh 12:8 and of Nehemiah Neh 11:17).
  b. other Levites: (1) 2Chr 20:14, (2) Neh 12:25, (3) Neh 13:13.
4. מַתַּנְיָה, name of several who took strange wives:
  a. Ezra 10:26.
  b. vEzra 10:27.
  c. vEzra 10:30.
  d. vEzra 10:37.


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