MATTAN măt’ ən (מַתָּנ׃֙, gift). 1. A priest of Baal killed by Jehoiada before an altar of Baal (2 Kings 11:18; 2 Chron 23:17).

2. The father of Shephatiah, a prince who was among those who persecuted Jeremiah and put him in prison (Jer 38:1).