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mat-a-nı̄´a (×ž×ªÖ¼× ×™×”×•Ö¼, mattanyaÌ„huÌ„, “gift of Yahâ€):
(1) King Zedekiah's original name, but changed by Nebuchadnezzar when he made him king over Judah instead of his nephew Jehoiachin ().
(2) A descendant of Asaph (), leader of the temple choir (; ). Mentioned among the “porters,†keepers of “the storehouses of the gates†(), and again in as among the “priests' sons with trumpets.â€
(3) May be the same as (2), though in he is mentioned as an ancestor of that Jahaziel whose inspired words in the midst of the congregation encouraged Jehoshaphat to withstand the invasion of Moab, Ammon and Seir ( ff).
(4-7) Four others who had foreign wives, (a) the Matthanias of 1 Esdras 9:27 (); (b) the Othonias of 1 Esdras 9:28 (); (c) the Matthanias of 1 Esdras 9:31 (); (d) the fourth of these in 1 Esdras 9:34 the King James Version has had his name blended into that of Mattenai, and the two appear as the composite name Mamnitanemus (). He is a son of Bani.
(8) A Levite, father of Zaccur, ancestor of Hanan the under-treasurer of the Levitical offerings under Nehemiah ().
(9) One of the sons of Heman the singer, whose office it was to blow the horns in the temple-service as David had appointed it (, ). He was head of the 9th division of the 12 Levites (), who were proficient in the Songs of Yahweh ().
(10) One of the sons of Asaph who helped Hezekiah in the fulfilling of his vow to cleanse the house of the Lord ().