Mattaniah:
(gift of Jehovah).
(1.) The original name of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was changed when Nebuchadnezzar placed him on the throne (2 Kings 24:17).
(2.) A Levite singer of the sons of Asaph (1 Chronicles 9:15). He was leader of the temple choir after its restoration (Nehemiah 11:17; 12:8) in the time of Nehemiah, and took part in the musical service which accompanied the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 12:25; 12:35).
(3.) A descendant of Asaph, and ancestor of Jahaziel the Levite, in the reign of Jehoshaphat (2 Chronicles 20:14).
(4.) One of the sons of Elam (Ezra 10:26).
(5.) One of the sons of Zattu (Ezra 10:27).
(6.) A descendant of Pahath‐moab (Ezra 10:30) and
(7.) One of the sons of Bani (Ezra 10:37) who all put away their foreign wives at Ezra's command.
(8.) A Levite, father of Zaccur and ancestor of Hanan the under‐treasurer who had charge of the offerings for the Levites in the time of Nehemiah (Nehemiah 13:13).
(9.) One of the fourteen sons of Heman, whose office it was to blow the horns in the temple service appointed by David (1 Chronicles 25:4; 25:16).
(10.) A descendant of Asaph the Levite minstrel, who assisted in the purification of the temple in the reign of Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 29:13).
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