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== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_36532" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_36532" /> == | ||
<p> 1. Baal's priest slain by [[Jehoiada]] "before the altars "judicially, at the reformation after Athaliah's idolatrous reign (2 Kings 11:18; 2 Chronicles 23:17). She probably had brought him from [[Samaria]] to introduce the [[Baal]] worship of her father [[Ahab]] into the court of [[Jehoram]] her husband, Jehoshaphat's son (2 Chronicles 21:6; 2 Chronicles 21:13). </p> <p> 2. Jeremiah 38:1. </p> | <p> '''1.''' Baal's priest slain by [[Jehoiada]] "before the altars "judicially, at the reformation after Athaliah's idolatrous reign ( 2 Kings 11:18; 2 Chronicles 23:17). She probably had brought him from [[Samaria]] to introduce the [[Baal]] worship of her father [[Ahab]] into the court of [[Jehoram]] her husband, Jehoshaphat's son ( 2 Chronicles 21:6; 2 Chronicles 21:13). </p> <p> '''2.''' Jeremiah 38:1. </p> | ||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_32546" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_32546" /> == | ||
<li> The father of [[Shephatiah]] (Jeremiah 38:1 ). <div> <p> | <li> The father of [[Shephatiah]] ( Jeremiah 38:1 ). <div> <p> '''Copyright Statement''' These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton [[M.A., DD]] Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> '''Bibliography Information''' Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Mattan'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/m/mattan.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li> | ||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_73898" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_73898" /> == | ||
<p> Mat'tan. ( | <p> '''Mat'tan.''' ''(A Gift).'' </p> <p> 1. The priest of Baal slain before his altars in the idol temple at Jerusalem. 2 Kings 11:18; 2 Chronicles 23:17. He probably accompanied [[Athalia]] from Samaria. </p> <p> 2. The father of Shephatiah. Jeremiah 38:1. </p> | ||
== Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary <ref name="term_48240" /> == | == Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary <ref name="term_48240" /> == | ||
<p> The father of | <p> The father of Jacob in the genealogy of Christ. (See Matthew 1:15) His name is from Nathan, gift. There was another of this name in Scripture, 2 Kings 11:18. </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_52533" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_52533" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <p> <strong> [[Mattan]] </strong> <strong> 1. </strong> [[Priest]] of Baal ( 2 Kings 11:18 , 2 Chronicles 23:17 ). <strong> 2. </strong> Father of Shephatiah, a contemporary of Jeremiah ( Jeremiah 38:1 ). </p> | ||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_67688" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_67688" /> == | ||
<p> 1. | <p> 1. Priest of Baal, slain in the time of Jehoiada. 2 Kings 11:18; 2 Chronicles 23:17 . </p> <p> 2. Father of Shephatiah. Jeremiah 38:1 . </p> | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_42199" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_42199" /> == | ||
2 Kings 11:18 <p> 2. Father of Shephatiah, a contemporary of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 38:1 ). </p> | 2 Kings 11:18 <p> 2. Father of Shephatiah, a contemporary of Jeremiah ( Jeremiah 38:1 ). </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_50183" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_50183" /> == | ||
<p> (Heb. Mattan', מִתָּן, a | <p> (Heb. Mattan', '''''מִתָּן''''' , a ''Gift,'' as in Genesis 34:12, etc.), the name of two men in the Old [[Testament]] and one in the New. (See [[Mithnite]]). </p> <p> '''1.''' (Sept. '''''Μαθάν''''' , '''''Ματθάν''''' v. r. '''''Μαγθάν''''' and '''''Μαχάν''''' .) The priest of Baal slain before his idolatrous altar during the reformation instituted by Jehoiada ( 2 Kings 11:18; 2 Chronicles 23:17). B.C. 876. "He probably accompanied [[Athaliah]] from Samaria, and would thus be the first priest of the Baal-worship which Jehoram, king of Judah, following the steps of his father-in-law Ahab, established at [[Jerusalem]] ( 2 Chronicles 21:6; 2 Chronicles 21:13). [[Josephus]] (Ant. 9:7, 3) calls him '''''Μααθάν''''' ''"'' (Smith). </p> <p> '''2.''' (Sept. '''''Ναθάν''''' v. r. '''''Μαθάν''''' ''.)'' The father of the Shephatiah who was one of the nobles that charged Jeremiah with treason ( Jeremiah 38:1). B.C. ante 589. </p> <p> '''3.''' ''('' '''''Ματθάν''''' , Auth.Vers. "Matthan".) The son of [[Eleazar]] and father of Jacob, which last was father of Joseph, the husband of the [[Virgin]] Mary ( Matthew 1:15). According to tradition he was a priest (which disagrees with his tribal descent), and father of Anna, the mother of the same Mary (Niceph. ''Hist.'' Ev ''.'' 2:3). B.C. considerably ante 40. (See [[Genealogy Of Jesus Christ]]). </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_6297" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_6297" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' mat´an ''''' ( מתּן , <i> ''''' mattān ''''' </i> , "a gift"): </p> <p> (1) A priest in the house of Baal, slain by | <p> ''''' mat´an ''''' ( מתּן , <i> ''''' mattān ''''' </i> , "a gift"): </p> <p> (1) A priest in the house of Baal, slain by Jehoiada before Baal's altar ( 2 Kings 11:18; 2 Chronicles 23:17 ). </p> <p> (2) The father of Shephatiah a contemporary and persecutor of Jeremiah ( Jeremiah 38:1 ), one of those who put Jeremiah into Malechiah's dungeon ( Jeremiah 38:6 ). </p> | ||
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