A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.11.18 § Mattan = "a gift" 1) a priest of Baal in Jerusalem in the time of Athaliah 2) father of Shephatiah in the time of Jeremiah
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H4977 — מַתָּן
mat.tan · Mattan · Hebrew/Aramaic
3 tagged verse occurrences
2 Kings 11:18 · מַתָּן֙And all the people of the land went to the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of Jehovah.2 Chronicles 23:17 · מַתָּן֙And all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.Jeremiah 38:1 · מַתָּ֗ןAnd Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchijah, heard the words that Jeremiah spake unto all the people, saying,