Easton

gift. (1.) A priest of Baal, slain before his altar during the reformation under Jehoiada (2Ki 11:18).

(2.) The son of Eleazar, and father of Jacob, who was the father of Joseph, the husband of the Virgin Mary (Mt 1:15).

(3.) The father of Shephatiah (Jer 38:1).

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Fausets

1. Baal's priest slain by Jehoiada "before the altars "judicially, at the reformation after Athaliah's idolatrous reign (2Ki 11:18; 2Ch 23:17). She probably had brought him from Samaria to introduce the Baal worship of her father Ahab into the court of Jehoram her husband, Jehoshaphat's son (2Ch 21:6,13).

2. Jer 38:1.

Hastings

1. Priest of Baal (2Ki 11:18; 2Ch 23:17). 2. Father of Shephatiah, a contemporary of Jeremiah (Jer 38:1).

Morish

Mat'tan

1. Priest of Baal, slain in the time of Jehoiada. 2Ki 11:18; 2Ch 23:17.

2. Father of Shephatiah. Jer 38:1.

Smith

Mat'tan

(a gift).

1. The priest of Baal slain before his altars in the idol temple at Jerusalem.

2Ki 11:18; 2Ch 23:17

He probably accompanied Athalia from Samaria.

2. The father of Shephatiah.