Bible Person
Meaning: gift · Male · 2 cross references
Mattan is the priest of Baal executed during Jehoiada's reform after the overthrow of Athaliah. He appears at the violent turning point where Judah's leadership publicly rejects Baal worship and restores covenant order. First appears in 2 Kgs 11:18.1
AI summary: Mattan matters because his cross references place him at the altar of a rival cult precisely when Judah returns to allegiance to the Lord. His death marks more than the removal of one priest: it dramatizes the cleansing of public worship and the repudiation of royal-sponsored idolatry. Taken together, the material presents Mattan as a symbolic casualty of covenant reform in Jerusalem.1
Central Figure
Mattan
Meaning: gift
A priest of Baal, slain before his altar during the reformation under Jehoiada (2 Kings 11:18).
A priest of Baal, slain before his altar during the reformation under Jehoiada (2 Kings 11:18). 3
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.