MATTANIAH

1. Last king of Judah, whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon enthroned in place of his nephew Jehoiachin; his name subsequently was changed to Zedekiah (2 Kgs 24:17), and as such he was known in the other references to him in 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles, and Jeremiah. See Zedekiah.

2. Asaph’s descendant, named among the Levites living in postexilic Jerusalem (1 Chr 9:15; Neh 11:17, 22; 12:8, 35).

3. Heman’s son, who helped lead music in the sanctuary during David’s reign (1 Chr 25:4, 16).

4. Levite of the sons of Asaph, who was an ancestor of Jahaziel, a messenger of God in the days of King Jehoshaphat (2 Chr 20:14).

5. Another Levite of the sons of Asaph who helped cleanse the temple during King Hezekiah’s reign (2 Chr 29:13).

6–9. Four men of Israel who were exhorted by Ezra to divorce their foreign wives during the postexilic era (Ezr 10:26-27, 30, 37).

10. One of the gatekeepers at the time of the dedication of the reconstructed wall of Jerusalem in Nehemiah’s day (Neh 12:25).

11. Grandfather of Hanan, a treasurer of the temple storehouse in Nehemiah’s day (Neh 13:13).