Bible dictionaries
Mattenai
What Bible dictionaries say about “Mattenai”, one article after the other.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)
mat-e-na'-i, mat'-e-ni (mattenay, "liberal"):
(1) (2) Two who married foreign wives, one a son of Hashum (Ezr 10:33; in /RAPC 1Es 9:33 "Altanneus"); the other a son of Bani (Ezr 10:37).
(3) A priest in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua (Ne 12:19), representing the house of Joiarib.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
The article in ISBE 1915Smith’s Bible Dictionary
(gift of Jehovah), a contraction of Mattaniah.
- Two Israelites who divorced their Gentile wives after the return from the Babylonish captivity. (Ezra 10:33,37) (B.C. 469.)
- A priest, son of Joiarib, in the time of Joiakim. (Nehemiah 12:19) (B.C. after 536.)
William Smith; revised by F. N. Peloubet and M. A. Peloubet; CrossWire SWORD module Smith 1.3
The article in Smith