2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Mattaniah 
  gift  of  Jehovah.  (1.)  A  Levite,  son  of  Heman,  the  chief  of  the 
  ninth  class  of  temple  singers  (1  Chr.  25:4,  16). 
 
  (2.)  A  Levite  who  assisted  in  purifying  the  temple  at  the 
  reformation  under  Hezekiah  (2  Chr.  29:13). 
 
  (3.)  The  original  name  of  Zedekiah  (q.v.),  the  last  of  the 
  kings  of  Judah  (2  Kings  24:17).  He  was  the  third  son  of  Josiah, 
  who  fell  at  Megiddo.  He  succeeded  his  nephew  Jehoiakin. 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Mattaniah,  gift,  or  hope,  of  the  Lord 
 

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