Mattan

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

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).

2.  Jeremiah 38:1.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

The father of Shephatiah ( Jeremiah 38:1 ).

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.

Bibliography Information Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Mattan'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/m/mattan.html. 1897.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Mat'tan. (A Gift).

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.

2. The father of Shephatiah.  Jeremiah 38:1.

Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary

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.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Mattan 1. Priest of Baal (  2 Kings 11:18 ,   2 Chronicles 23:17 ). 2. Father of Shephatiah, a contemporary of Jeremiah (  Jeremiah 38:1 ).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Priest of Baal, slain in the time of Jehoiada.  2 Kings 11:18;  2 Chronicles 23:17 .

2. Father of Shephatiah.   Jeremiah 38:1 .

Holman Bible Dictionary

 2 Kings 11:18

2. Father of Shephatiah, a contemporary of Jeremiah ( Jeremiah 38:1 ).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(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).

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).

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.

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).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

mat´an ( מתּן , mattān , "a gift"):

(1) A priest in the house of Baal, slain by Jehoiada before Baal's altar ( 2 Kings 11:18;  2 Chronicles 23:17 ).

(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 ).