Smith's Bible Dictionary

Mathusala
= Methuselah, the son of Enoch. (Luke 3:37)
Matithiah
(gift of God).
•A Levite who presided over the offerings made in the pans. (1 Chronicles 9:31) comp. Levi 6:20
(Levi 6:12) etc.
•One of the Levites appointed by David to minister before the ark in the musical service, ( 1
Chronicles 16:5) “with harps upon Sheminith,” comp. (1 Chronicles 16:21) to lead the choir. ( 1
Chronicles 15:18,21; 26:3,21)
•One of the family of Nebo who had married a foreign wife, in the days of Ezra. (Ezra 10:43)
•Probably a priest, who stood at the right hand of Ezra when he read the law to the people. (Ezra
8:4)
Matred
(pushing forward) daughter of Mezahab and mother of Mehetabel, who was wife of Hadar or
Hadad of Pau, king of Edom. (Genesis 36:39; 1 Chronicles 1:50)
Matri
(rain of Jehovah), a family of the tribe of Benjamin, to which Saul the King of Israel belonged.
(1 Samuel 10:21)
Mattan
(a gift).
•The priest of Baal slain before his altars in the idol temple at Jerusalem. (2 Kings 11:18; 2
Chronicles 23:17) He probably accompanied Athalia from Samaria.
•The father of Shephatiah. (Jeremiah 38:1)
Mattanah
(gift of Jehovah), a station the latter part of the wandering of the Israelites. (Numbers 21:18,19)
It was probably situated to the southeast of the Dead Sea.
Mattaniah
(gift of Jehovah).
•The original name of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was changed when Nebuchadnezzar placed
him on the throne. (2 Kings 24:17)
•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 12:25,35)
•A descendant of Asaph, and ancestor of Jahaziel the Levite, in the reign of Jehoshaphat. ( 2
Chronicles 20:14)
•One of the sons of Elam. (Ezra 10:26)
•One of the sons of Zattu. (Ezra 10:27)
•A descendant of Pahath-moab, (Ezra 10:30) and
•One of the sons of Bani. (Ezra 10:37) who all put away their foreign wives at Ezra’s command.
•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)
•One of the fourteen sons of Heman, whose office it was to blow the horns in the temple service
appointed by David. (1 Chronicles 25:4,16)