Mattan
מַתָּן · mat.tan · H4977H“Mattana, Mattenai, gifts; rains” Hitchcock's 18691 mention, all in Jeremiah
Who he was
Mattan was the father of Shephatiah, a prominent official during the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah. Shephatiah, along with other officials, accused the prophet Jeremiah of discouraging the people and urged the king to put him to death. As a result, Jeremiah was thrown into a cistern, where he sank into the mud. However, Ebed-Melech, an Ethiopian eunuch, rescued Jeremiah with the king's permission (Jeremiah 38:1–13). Mattan is only mentioned in this context as the father of Shephatiah, one of Jeremiah's opponents.
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Family
ChildrenShephatiah
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Every mention
1 reference, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)
Jeremiah 1 mention
What the dictionary says
Gift.
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
Read the article →Sources
- STEPBible TIPNR · Translators Individualised Proper Names with all References · CC BY 4.0 · github.com/STEPBible/STEPBible-Data
- Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) · Public domain