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Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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(Heb. Mattathah',, מִתִּתָה , probably a contraction of Mattathiah), the name of a person in the Old Test. and of another in the New. 1. (Ματταθά, Auth. Vers. "Mattatha.") The son of Nathan and grandson of David, among Christ's maternal ancestry (Luke 3:31). B.C. post 1014.

2. (Sept. Μαθθαθά v. r. Ματθαθά .) An Israelite of the "sons" (i.e. inhabitants) of Hashun, who divorced his Gentile wife after the return from Babylon (Ezra 10:33). B.C. 458.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Mattathah'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​m/mattathah.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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