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Mattan
Disambiguation
The source enumerates 3 distinct subjects under Mattan. Jump to one below, or read in order.
Gift.
Mattan (1)
#A priest of Baal, slain before his altar during the reformation under Jehoiada (2 Kings 11:18).
Mattan (2)
#The son of Eleazar, and father of Jacob, who was the father of Joseph, the husband of the Virgin Mary (Matt. 1:15).
Mattan (3)
#The father of Shephatiah (Jer. 38:1).
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
(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)
In the Bible
3
Verses where Mattan is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 2 Chronicles 23:17
So all the people went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols to pieces and killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.
- 2 Kings 11:18
So all the people of the land went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols to pieces, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars. And Jehoiada the priest posted guards for the house of the LORD.
- Jeremiah 38:1
Now Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malchijah heard that Jeremiah had been telling all the people:
Scripture on Mattan
4
Mattan references
13
Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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