Topic
Mattathias
11 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Luke 3:25Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave An ancestor of Jesus
Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was the son of Nagge,
- Luke 3:26Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave An ancestor of Jesus
Which was the son of Maath, which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Juda,
- Ezra 10:33ISBE
Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.
- Nehemiah 8:4ISBE
And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and…
- 1 Maccabees 7:27ISBE
So Nicanor came to Jerusalem with a great force; and sent unto Judas and his brethren deceitfully with friendly words, saying,
- 1 Maccabees 11:70ISBE
Insomuch as there was not one of them left, except Mattathias the son of Absalom, and Judas the son of Calphi, the captains of the host.
- 1 Maccabees 16:2ISBE
Wherefore Simon called his two eldest sons, Judas and John, and said unto them, I, and my brethren, and my father’s house, have ever from my youth unto this day fought against the enemies of Israel; and things have prospered so well in our hands, that we…
- 1 Maccabees 16:14ISBE
Now Simon was visiting the cities that were in the country, and taking care for the good ordering of them; at which time he came down himself to Jericho with his sons, Mattathias and Judas, in the hundred threescore and seventeenth year, in the eleventh…
- 2 Maccabees 14:19ISBE
Wherefore he sent Posidonius, and Theodotus, and Mattathias, to make peace.
- 1 Esdras 9:33ISBE
And of the sons of Asom; Altaneus, and Matthias, and Baanaia, Eliphalet, and Manasses, and Semei.
- 1 Esdras 9:43ISBE
And there stood up by him Mattathias, Sammus, Ananias, Azarias, Urias, Ezecias, Balasamus, upon the right hand:
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 2 references
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 2 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 11 references
mat-a-thi'-as (Mattathias). The persons of this name in the Apocrypha are:
(1) Mattathias the father of the Maccabees.
See ASMONEANS; MACCABEES.
(2) One of the 7 who stood on Ezra's right hand as he read the law (1 Esdras 9:43) = "Mattithiah" of Ne 8:4.
(3) The son--probably the youngest (compare 1 Macc 16:2)--of Simon the Maccabean, treacherously murdered along with his father and his brother Judas by his brother-in-law Ptolemy, son of Abubus in the stronghold of Dok near Jericho in the 177th Seleucid--136-135 BC (1 Macc 16:14).
(4) Son of Absalom, one of the two "captains of the forces" who in the campaign against Demetrius in the plain of Hazor gallantly supported Judas, enabling the latter to turn an impending defeat into a great victory (1 Macc 11:70).
(5) One of the three envoys sent by Nicanor to treat with Judas in 161 BC (2 Macc 14:19). No names of envoys are given in the account of 1 Macc 7:27 ff.
(6) One of the sons of Asom who put away his "strange wife" (1 Esdras 9:33) = the King James Version "Matthias" = "Mattattah" of Ezr 10:33.
In addition to these two of this name are mentioned in the New Testament:
(7) Lu 3:25, "son of Amos."
(8) Lu 3:26, "son of Semein."
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In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.