Mattithiah

From Bible Encyclopedia

mat-i-thī´a (מתּתיה, mattithyāh, or מתּתיהוּ, mattithyāhū, “gift of Yah” or "gift of YHWH"):

(1) The eldest son of Shallum, of the family of Korah. The Mattithiah of Nehemiah 8:4 (1st spelling) was one of those who stood at Ezra's right hand while he read the law (compare 1 Esdras 9:43). He may be the individual set over “things that were baked in pans” (1 Chronicles 9:31).

(2) One of those appointed by David to minister before the ark, and to “celebrate and to thank and praise Yahweh, the God of Israel” (1 Chronicles 16:4, 1 Chronicles 16:5).

(3) One of those who had foreign wives (Ezra 10:43). In 1 Esdras 9:35, “Mazitias.”

(4) One of the sons of Jeduthun. He was one of the Levites who ministered before the ark with harps 1 Chronicles 15:18, 1 Chronicles 15:21; 1 Chronicles 25:3, 1 Chronicles 25:11, 1 Chronicles 25:2 spelling).

(5) The son of Amos, and father of Joseph, in the genealogy of our Lord (Luke 3:25).