mattaiviah Summary and Overview

MATTAIVI'AH (gift of Jehovah). 1. The original name of the son of Josiah who was made king by Nebuchadnezzar, 2 Kgs 24:17, and whose name was changed to Zedekiah, which see. 2. A Levite singer of the sons of Asaph, 1 Chr 9:15, who, after the restoration of the temple, was the leader of the choir in the time of Nehemiah. Neh 11:17; Neh 12:8, Neh 12:25, John 12:35. 3. A Levite, son of Heman, and chief of the ninth division of singers. 1 Chr 25:4, 1 Chr 25:16. 4. A Levite, a descendant of Asaph, and ancestor of Jahaziel. 2 Chr 20:14. 5. A Levite who assisted in the purification of the temple in the reign of Hezekiah. 2 Chr 29:13. 6. A Levite, father of Zaccur, and ancestor of Hanan. Neh 13:13. 7. Four persons who had married foreign wives in the time of Ezra. Ezr 10:26-27, 1 Kgs 20:30, 2 Kgs 18:37.