Easton’s Bible Dictionary

Mattaniah

Name meaninggift, or hope, of the Lord

1.

Gift of Jehovah.

2.

A Levite, son of Heman, the chief of the ninth class of temple singers (1 Chr. 25:4, 16).

3.

A Levite who assisted in purifying the temple at the reformation under Hezekiah (2 Chr. 29:13).

4.

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.

Mattaniah in Nave’s Topical Bible11 references, arranged by theme

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