Overview
Mattenai appears in the records of Ezra and Nehemiah as individuals involved in the post-exilic Jewish community. These men were among those who returned from Babylonian captivity and participated in the restoration of temple worship and community life in Jerusalem.
Key Scriptures
"Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei." (Ezra 10:33, ESV)
"Mattenai, Jedidiah, and Uzziel." (Ezra 10:37, ESV)
"And of the Levites, Shemaiah; and of the priests, Jehozarah, Mattenai, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai." (Nehemiah 12:19, ESV)
Application
Like Mattenai and his contemporaries, believers today are called to actively participate in the restoration and spiritual life of God's community, the church.
✦ Scripture References 3 references
✦ Topical Scripture Breakdown 3 verses
1. Two Israelites who put away their Gentile wives after the captivity
2. A priest in the time of Joiakim