Easton’s Bible Dictionary

Mattan

Name meaningMattana, Mattenai, gifts; rains

1.

Gift.

2.

A priest of Baal, slain before his altar during the reformation under Jehoiada (2 Kings 11:18).

3.

The son of Eleazar, and father of Jacob, who was the father of Joseph, the husband of the Virgin Mary (Matt. 1:15).

4.

The father of Shephatiah (Jer. 38:1).

Mattan in Nave’s Topical Bible3 references, arranged by theme

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