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Mattaniah (Son of Micah)
Mattaniah was a Levite descended from Asaph who lived in Jerusalem after the return from the Babylonian exile. He was the leader who began the thanksgiving in prayer (Nehemiah 11:17).
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- ZedekiahPeople
Zedekiah was the last king of the Kingdom of Judah. Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, placed him on the throne, but Zedekiah rebelled against him. When Jerusalem fell, he was blinded and carried off to Babylon.
- MattathiasPeople
Mattathias was a Jewish priest who lived in Modein in the second century BC. He launched the Maccabean Revolt against the religious persecution of the Seleucid king Antiochus IV, and he was the father of Judas Maccabeus.
- Nehemiah 12Bible
Nehemiah 12 lists the priests and Levites who returned with Zerubbabel and gives the genealogy of the high priests. It then records the dedication of the rebuilt wall of Jerusalem and the arrangements for the storehouses that supplied those who served in the temple.