Mattan in the Bible.

A priest of Baal, slain before his altar during the reformation under Jehoiada. The King James Version names Mattan in 2 verses, from 2 Kings 11:18 to 2 Chronicles 23:17. The King James Version also gives the name Mattan to 1 other person, listed on this page.

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Who Mattan was.

A priest of Baal, slain before his altar during the reformation under Jehoiada (2 Kings 11:18).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

All 2 verses that name this Mattan.

2 Kings 1

2 Kings 11:18And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 1

2 Chronicles 23:17Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.

Other people called Mattan.

Mattan, the father of Shephatiah.

Named in 1 verse.

Jeremiah 38:1Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying,

Questions about Mattan.

Who was Mattan in the Bible?

A priest of Baal, slain before his altar during the reformation under Jehoiada. The King James Version names Mattan in 2 verses, from 2 Kings 11:18 to 2 Chronicles 23:17.

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