Mahath

Mahath is a name that passes quietly through the Levites’ records. One Mahath is listed in the family line of Elkanah, the line from which Samuel’s descendants come in 1 Chronicles 6. Another, the son of Amasai, rises with the Levites in Hezekiah’s day to cleanse the house of God, and a Mahath is also named among the overseers who looked after the gifts brought in at the king’s command. The Bible does not say whether these are one man or two. Read 2 Chronicles 29 to see the work they did, when the temple was opened and made ready again.

3 verses

1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 6:35

The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,

2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 29:12

Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:

2 Chronicles 31:13

And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Matthew George Easton, 1897

Grasping. (1.) A Kohathite Levite, father of Elkanah (1 Chr. 6:35).

(2.) Another Kohathite Levite, of the time of Hezekiah (2 Chr. 29:12).

From Smith's Bible Dictionary

William Smith, 1884

(grabbing).

(1.) A Zohathite of the house of Korah. (1 Chronicles 6:35)

(2.) Also a Kohathite, in the reign of Hezekiah. (2 Chronicles 29:12; 31:13)