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(Heb. Mattan', îִúָּï , a gift, as in Gen_34:12, etc.), the name of two men in the Old Testament and one in the New. SEE MITHNITE.
1. (Sept. ÌáèÜí , ÌáôèÜí v. r. ÌáãèÜí and Ìá÷Üí .) The priest of Baal slain before his idolatrous altar during the reformation instituted by Jehoiada (2Ki_11:18; 2Ch_23:17). B.C. 876. “He probably accompanied Athaliah from Samaria, and would thus be the first priest of the Baal-worship which Jehoram, king of Judah, following the steps of his father-in-law Ahab, established at Jerusalem (2Ch_21:6; 2Ch_21:13). Josephus (Ant. 9:7, 3) calls him ÌááèÜí ” (Smith).
2. (Sept.
ÍáèÜí
v. r.
ÌáèÜí
.) The father of the Shephatiah who was one of the nobles that charged Jeremiah with treason (Jer_38:1). B.C. ante 589.
3. (
ÌáôèÜí
, Auth.Vers. “Matthan”.) The son of Eleazar and father of Jacob, which last was father of Joseph, the husband of the Virgin Mary (Mat_1:15). According to tradition he was a priest (which disagrees with his tribal descent), and father of Anna, the mother of the same Mary (Niceph. Hist. Ev. 2:3). B.C. considerably ante 40. SEE GENEALOGY OF JESUS CHRIST.