Mattenai

1 verse

Nehemiah

Nehemiah 12:19

And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;

From Smith's Bible Dictionary

William Smith, 1884

(gift of Jehovah), a contraction of Mattaniah.

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

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

Based on Nave's Topical Bible by Orville J. Nave (1896). Dictionary entries from Smith's Bible Dictionary. Public domain. KJV scripture text, public domain.