Father of Shephatiah, an opponent of Jeremiah.
Mattan
Named in 1 verse of Jeremiah, first in Jeremiah 38:1.
מַתָּןMattan
The name means “Mattana, Mattenai, gifts; rains.” Hitchcock's Bible Names, 1869
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- Shephatiah
About Mattan Written by AI
Mattan was the father of Shephatiah, a prominent official during the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah. Shephatiah, along with other officials, accused the prophet Jeremiah of discouraging the people and urged the king to put him to death. As a result, Jeremiah was thrown into a cistern, where he sank into the mud. However, Ebed-Melech, an Ethiopian eunuch, rescued Jeremiah with the king's permission (Jeremiah 38:1 to 13). Mattan is only mentioned in this context as the father of Shephatiah, one of Jeremiah's opponents.
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Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897
This entry is on the name Mattan, and may cover more than one person or place by that name.
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).
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(3.) The father of Shephatiah (Jer. 38:1).
M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, third edition (1897), public domain, from CrossWire. Shown as written; its Scripture quotes are from older translations.
Where the Bible names him
- Jeremiah 38:1
Now Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malchijah heard that Jeremiah had been telling all the people:
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