Mattan
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Mattan: gift.
- A priest of Baal, slain before his altar during the reformation under Jehoiada (2 Kings 11:18).
- The son of Eleazar, and father of Jacob, who was the father of Joseph, the husband of the Virgin Mary (Matthew 1:15).
- The father of Shephatiah (Jeremiah 38:1).