Bible Person

Mattenai

Male · 1 cross reference

This Mattenai entry refers to one of the men named in Ezra 10:37, not to the other Ezra-context namesake or the priestly figure in Nehemiah 12. He belongs to the restored community's difficult process of covenant correction after exile. First appears in Ezra 10:37.1

AI summary: This Mattenai matters because his single cross reference places him among those publicly identified in Ezra's response to unlawful marriages. The entry shows how specific and personal covenant renewal became in the restored community. Taken together, the material presents this Mattenai as one of the individuals included in post-exilic reform.1

Central Figure

Mattenai