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Mattenai

Mattenai (gift of Jehovah), a contraction of Mattaniah. 1. Two Israelites who divorced their Gentile wives after the return from the Babylonish captivity. (Ezra 10:33; Ezra 10:37) (B.C. 469.) 2. A priest, son...

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Mattenai (gift of Jehovah), a contraction of Mattaniah.

1. Two Israelites who divorced their Gentile wives after the return from the Babylonish captivity. (Ezra 10:33; Ezra 10:37) (B.C. 469.)

2. A priest, son of Joiarib, in the time of Joiakim. (Nehemiah 12:19) (B.C. after 536.)

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