Difference between revisions of "Mattan"
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== 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> '''Copyright Statement''' These dictionary topics are from | <li> The father of [[Shephatiah]] ( Jeremiah 38:1 ). <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 '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" /> == | ||
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== 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" /> == | ||
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== 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) | <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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