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<p> <strong> [[Mattathias.]] </strong> <strong> 1. </strong> [[A]] Jew, who had married a foreign wife ( 1Es 9:33 ); called in &nbsp; Ezra 10:33 <strong> Mattattah. 2. </strong> One of the men who stood at the right hand of Ezra during the reading of the Law ( 1Es 9:48 ); in &nbsp; Nehemiah 8:4 <strong> Mattithiah. 3. </strong> The father of the five Maccabæan brothe rs (&nbsp; Malachi 2:1 &nbsp;Malachi 2:1; 1Ma 2:14; &nbsp; Malachi 2:16 &nbsp;Malachi 2:16 f., 1Ma 2:24; 1Ma 2:27; 1Ma 2:39; 1Ma 2:45; 1Ma 2:48; 1Ma 14:29 ). See Maccabees, [[§]] 1. 4. [[A]] captain in the army of [[Jonathan]] the Maccabæan ( 1Ma 11:70 ). 5. [[A]] son of Simon the high priest, who was murdered, together with his father and brother Judas, at a banquet at Dok, by [[Ptolemy]] the son of [[Abubus]] ( 1Ma 16:14-16 ). 6. One of three envoys sent by [[Nicanor]] to treat with [[Judas]] Maccabæus ( 2Ma 14:19 ). 7. 8. Two ancestors of Jesus (&nbsp; Luke 3:25-26 ). </p>

<li> The son of Semei, in the same genealogy (&nbsp;Luke 3:26 ). <div> <p> '''Copyright Statement''' These dictionary topics are from [[M.G.]] Easton [[M.A.,]] [[D.D.,]] Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> '''Bibliography Information''' Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Mattathias'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/m/mattathias.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li>

<p> '''Mattathi'as.''' ''(gift of Jehovah).'' The Greek form of Mattathiah. </p> <p> 1. Son of Amos, in the genealogy of [[Christ]] . &nbsp;Luke 3:25. [[(B.C.]] after 406). </p> <p> 2. Son of Semei. &nbsp;Luke 3:26. </p> <p> 3. The father of the Maccabees. [[(B.C.]] 168 and previous). </p>

<p> <b> [[Mattathias.]] </b> —Occurs twice in our Lord’s genealogy, &nbsp;Luke 3:25-26. </p>

<p> (Ματταθίας ''),'' the Greek form of [[Mattathiah]] (See Mattathiah) (q.v.), and standing for several persons in the [[Apocrypha]] and New Test. </p> <p> '''1.''' One who supported Ezra in reading the law (&nbsp;1 [[Esdras]] 9:43), the [[Mattithiah]] of &nbsp;Nehemiah 8:4. </p> <p> '''2.''' The father of the Maccabmean brothers (&nbsp;1 Maccabees 2:1; &nbsp;1 Maccabees 2:14; &nbsp;1 Maccabees 2:16-17; &nbsp;1 Maccabees 2:19; &nbsp;1 Maccabees 2:24; &nbsp;1 Maccabees 2:27; &nbsp;1 Maccabees 2:39; &nbsp;1 Maccabees 2:45; &nbsp;1 Maccabees 2:49; &nbsp;1 Maccabees 14:29). (See [[Maccabee]]). </p> <p> '''3.''' The son of [[Absalom]] and brother of the Maccabean Jonathan, the high- priest (&nbsp;1 Maccabees 11:70; &nbsp;1 Maccabees 13:11). In the battle fought by the latter with the forces of [[Demetrius]] on the plain of Nasor (the old Hazor), his two generals [[Mattathias]] and Judas alone stood by him when his army was seized with a panic and fled, and with their assistance the fortunes of the day were restored. </p> <p> '''4.''' The son of Simon Maccabueus, who was treacherously murdered, together with his father and brother, in the fortress of Docus, by Ptolemueus, the son of Abubus (&nbsp;1 Maccabees 16:14). (See [[Maccabee]]). </p> <p> '''5.''' One of the three envoys sent by Nicanor to treat with Judas Maccabueus (&nbsp;2 Maccabees 14:19). (See [[Maccabee]]). </p> <p> '''6.''' Son of Amos, in the genealogy of Jesus Christ (&nbsp;Luke 3:25). 7. Son of Semei, in the same catalogue (&nbsp;Luke 3:26). For both these last, (See [[Mattithiah]]), 5, 6. </p>

<p> [[A]] [[Jewish]] priest, the father of the Maccabees, who in 170 [[B.C.,]] when asked by a [[Syrian]] embassy to offer sacrifice to the Syrian gods, not only refused to do so, but slew with his own hand the Jew that stepped forward to do it for him, and then fell upon the embassy that required the act; upon which he rushed with his five sons into the wilderness of [[Judea]] and called upon all to follow him who had any regard for the Lord; this was the first step in the war of the Maccabees, the immediate issue of which was to the Jew the achievement of an independence which he had not enjoyed for 400 years. </p>