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).

"A gift, a station of the Israelites (Num. 21:18, 19) between the" "desert and the borders of Moab, in the Wady Waleh."

"Gift of Jehovah. (1.) A Levite, son of Heman, the chief of the" "ninth class of temple singers (1 Chr. 25:4, 16)." "(2.) A Levite who assisted in purifying the temple at the reformation under Hezekiah (2 Chr. 29:13). "(3.) The original name of Zedekiah (q.v.), the last of the kings "of Judah (2 Kings 24:17). He was the third son of Josiah, who" fell at Megiddo. He succeeded his nephew Jehoiakin.

Definition of Mattan:
"Mattana, Mattenai, gifts; rains"