Encyclopedia of The Bible – Mattenai
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Mattenai

MATTENAI măt’ ə nī' (מַתְּנַ֔י). 1. A priest of the house of Joiarib in the days of Joiakim (Neh 12:19).

2. A Jew who was among those who were induced to divorce their foreign wives by Ezra (Ezra 10:33; 1 Esd 9:33; KJV ALTANEUS, ASV MALTANNEUS).

3. Another Jew who was induced by Ezra to divorce his foreign wife (Ezra 10:37).