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•MATTANAH a gift, a station of the Israelites (Numbers 21:18, 19) between the desert and the borders of Moab, in the Wady Waleh.
•MATTANIAH gift of Jehovah. (1.) A Levite, son of Heman, the chief of the ninth class of temple singers (1 Chronicles 25:4, 16).
(2.) A Levite who assisted in purifying the temple at the reformation under Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 29:13).
(3.) 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.
•MATTATHIAS ibid. (1.) The son of Amos, in the genealogy of our Lord (Luke 3:25).
(2.) The son of Semei, in the same genealogy (Luke 3:26).
•MATTHAN gift, one of our Lord’s ancestry (Matthew 1:15).
•MATTHAT gift of God. (1.) The son of Levi, and father of Heli (Luke 3:24).
(2.) Son of another Levi (Luke 3:29).