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Strong's #4983 - מַתַּנְיָה
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Mattaniah = “gift of Jehovah”
1) the original name of the last king of Judah before the captivity; also known as ‘Zedekiah’
2) a Levite, son of Heman, whose office was to blow the horns in the temple service as appointed by David
3) a Levite of the family of Asaph
4) a Levite of the family of Asaph who assisted in the purification of the temple in the reign of Hezekiah
5) a Levite of the family of Asaph who took part in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem; leader of the temple choir
6) a Levite, descendant of Asaph and ancestor of Jahaziel in the time of Jehoshaphat
7) another Levite in the time of Nehemiah
8) a Levite, father of Zaccur and ancestor of Hanan the under-treasurer who had charge of the offerings in the time of Nehemiah
9) a man of the sons of Elam who had and put away a strange wife in the time of Ezra
10) a man of the sons of Zattu who had and put away a strange wife in the time of Ezra
11) a man descended from Pahath-moab who had and put away a strange wife in the time of Ezra
12) a man of the sons of Bani who had and put away a strange wife in the time of Ezra
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1מַתַּנְיָה, last king of Judah, name changed to Zedekiah 2 Kings 24:17.
2 מַתַּנְיָ֫הוּ, Levite name:
a. son of Heman 1 Chronicles 25:4.
b. Asaphite 1 Chronicles 25:16.
c. id., 2 Chronicles 29:13 (Hezekiah's time).
3מַתַּנְיָה, Levite name:
a. Asaphite 1 Chronicles 9:15; Nehemiah 11:17,22; Nehemiah 12:8,35, perhaps = 2b, c (but much confusion and uncertainty; e.g. ׳מ is of Hezekiah's time 2 Chronicles 29:13, and 4th Generation before Nehemiah , Nehemiah 11:12; Nehemiah 12:35; while contemporary of Zerubbabel Nehemiah 12:8 and of Nehemiah Nehemiah 11:17).
b. other Levites: (1) 2 Chronicles 20:14, (2) Nehemiah 12:25, (3) Nehemiah 13:13.
4מַתַּנְיָה, name of several who took strange wives:
a. Ezra 10:26.
b. Ezra 10:27.
c. Ezra 10:30.
d. Ezra 10:37.
מַתַּנְיָה and מַתַּנְיָהוּ (“the gift of Jehovah”), [Mattaniah], pr.n. of several men, 2 Kings 24:17; 1 Chronicles 9:15, 25:4, 16 1 Chronicles 25:16; 2 Chronicles 20:14, 29:13 Ezra 10:26, 27 Ezra 10:27, 30 Ezra 10:30, 37 Ezra 10:37; Nehemiah 11:17, 12:8, 25 Nehemiah 12:25, 13:13.
