International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Mattan

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Mattan


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mat´an (מתּן, mattān, “a gift”):

(1) A priest in the house of Baal, slain by Jehoiada before Baal's altar (; ).

(2) The father of Shephatiah a contemporary and persecutor of Jeremiah (), one of those who put Jeremiah into Malechiah's dungeon ().