Person Old Testament
Mattenai
Mattenai was a priest who served during the time of Joiakim. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Nehemiah 12:19.
Why it matters. Priest during the time of Joiakim.
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- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Mattenai
Mattenai was a priest who lived during the time of Joiakim, the high priest who served after the Babylonian exile. In the list of priests and Levites who returned to Jerusalem, Mattenai is mentioned as the head of the priestly family of Joiarib (Neh.12.19). This suggests that Mattenai was a prominent figure among the priests during this period of Jewish history, as the Israelites sought to reestablish their religious practices and rebuild the temple in Jerusalem.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
Nehemiah (1 verse)