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Mattan

Mattan—gift.
(1.) A priest of Baal, slain before his altar during the reformation under Jehoiada (2 Kings 11:18).


(2.) The son of Eleazar, and father of Jacob, who was the father of Joseph, the husband of the Virgin Mary (Matt. 1:15).


(3.) The father of Shephatiah (Jer. 38:1).