Mattenai

William Smith's Bible Dictionary

(gift of Jehovah), a contraction of Mattaniah.


• Two Israelites who divorced their Gentile wives after the return from the Babylonish captivity. (Ezra 10:33,37) (B.C. 469.)

• A priest, son of Joiarib, in the time of Joiakim. (Nehemiah 12:19) (B.C. after 536.)

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