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Mattaniah

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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

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

  • 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.

    Bibliography Information
    Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Mattaniah'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ebd/​m/mattaniah.html. 1897.