Lexical Definition

‎מַתַּנְיָה‎ Mattanyâh (mat-tan-yaw') Mattaniah ^N:N-M-P
or מַתַּנְיָהוּ Mattanyâhûw (mat-tan-yaw'-hoo); from ‎מַתָּן‎ and ‎יָהּ‎; gift of Jah

Mattaniah.

• § Mattaniah = "gift of Jehovah"
• Mattanjah, the name of ten Israelites

1) the original name of the last king of Judah before the captivity; also known as 'Zedekiah'
2) a Levite, son of Heman, whose office was to blow the horns in the temple service as appointed by David
3) a Levite of the family of Asaph
4) a Levite of the family of Asaph who assisted in the purification of the temple in the reign of Hezekiah
5) a Levite of the family of Asaph who took part in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem; leader of the temple choir
6) a Levite, descendant of Asaph and ancestor of Jahaziel in the time of Jehoshaphat
7) another Levite in the time of Nehemiah
8) a Levite, father of Zaccur and ancestor of Hanan the under-treasurer who had charge of the offerings in the time of Nehemiah
9) a man of the sons of Elam who had and put away a strange wife in the time of Ezra
10) a man of the sons of Zattu who had and put away a strange wife in the time of Ezra
11) a man descended from Pahath-moab who had and put away a strange wife in the time of Ezra
12) a man of the sons of Bani who had and put away a strange wife in the time of Ezra

Extended Information

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.37

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מַתַּנְיָ֫הוּ‎, ‎מַתַּנְיָה‎ proper name, masculine (compare Gray^{Prop. N. 294, No. 82}); — ᵐ5 Μαθθας, Μανθανιας, Ματθανιας, etc.; —

1. ‎מַתַּנְיָה‎, last king of Judah, name changed to Zedekiah 2Kgs 24:17.

2. ‎מַתַּנְיָ֫הוּ‎, Levite name:
a. son of Heman 1Chr 25:4.
b. Asaphite 1Chr 25:16.
c. id., 2Chr 29:13 (Hezekiah's time).

3. ‎מַתַּנְיָה‎, Levite name:
a. Asaphite 1Chr 9:15; Neh 11:17; Neh 11:22; Neh 12:8; Neh 12:35, perhaps = 2 b, c (but much confusion and uncertainty; e.g. ‎׳‎‎מ‎ is of Hezekiah's time 2Chr 29:13, and 4th generation before Nehemiah, Neh 11:12; Neh 12:35 while contemporary of Zerubbabel Neh 12:8 and of Nehemiah Neh 11:17).
b. other Levites: (1) 2Chr 20:14, (2) Neh 12:25, (3) Neh 13:13.

4. ‎מַתַּנְיָה‎, name of several who took strange wives:
a. Ezra 10:26.
b. vEzra 10:27.
c. vEzra 10:30.
d. vEzra 10:37.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Profile

Male • Returned from exile • Descendant of Bani, who divorced his foreign wife.

Man living at the time of Exile and Return

Mattaniah, a descendant of Bani, divorced his foreign wife during Ezra's reforms (Ezr.10.37).

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.37;
• only referred to as Mattaniah מַתַּנְיָה.

Mattaniah was a man from the family of Bani who had married a foreign woman during the time of Ezra. As part of Ezra's reforms to purify the Jewish community after their return from Babylonian exile, Mattaniah and others who had married foreign wives were required to divorce them (Ezra 10:37). This action was taken to ensure that the Israelites remained faithful to the Lord and did not fall into the same sins that had led to their exile.

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