Mattaniah

(gift of Jehovah ).

1. The original name of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was changed when Nebuchadnezzar placed him on the throne. ( 2 Kings 24:17 )
2. 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 Nehemiah 12:35 )
3. A descendant of Asaph, and ancestor of Jahaziel the Levite, in the reign of Jehoshaphat. ( 2 Chronicles 20:14 )
4. One of the sons of Elam. ( Ezra 10:26 )
5. One of the sons of Zattu. ( Ezra 10:27 )
6. A descendant of Pahath-moab, ( Ezra 10:30 ) and
7. One of the sons of Bani. ( Ezra 10:37 ) who all put away their foreign wives at Ezras command.
8. 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 )
9. 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 1 Chronicles 25:16 )
10. A descendant of Asaph the Levite minstrel, who assisted in the purification of the temple in the reign of Hezekiah. ( 2 Chronicles 29:13 )