Who
Son of Eleazar and father of Jacob, Joseph’s father (Matthew 1:15). In the explanation Julius Africanus gives, preserved by Eusebius, Matthan’s widow Estha married Melchi of Nathan’s line and bore Heli, so that Jacob and Heli were half-brothers by one mother (Eusebius, Church History I.7). Africanus himself names Melchi where Luke’s text has Matthat.
Key verses
- Matthew 1:15
Eliud became the father of Eleazar. Eleazar became the father of Matthan. Matthan became the father of Jacob.
Where the Bible names him
Named once: Matthew 1:15
Verse index: TIPNR, STEPBible.org (Tyndale House), CC BY 4.0.
Family
- Parents
- Children
Discussed by
Comments on the verses that name him (8 of 11).
- Pseudo-Chrysostom on Matthew 1:12–15Catena Aurea on Matthew
After the carrying away, he sets Jeconiah again, as now become a private person.
- Ambrose of Milan on Matthew 1:12–15Catena Aurea on Matthew
Of whom Jeremiah speaks. “Write this man dethroned; for there shall not spring of his seed one sitting on the throne of David.” [Jer 22:30] How is this said of the Prophet, that none of the seed of Jeconias should…
- Pseudo-Chrysostom on Matthew 1:12–15 (2)Catena Aurea on Matthew
Concerning Salathiel [ed. note, l: This Gloss. from Pseudo-Chrys. is not found in Nicolai’s edition.], we have read nothing either good or bad, but we suppose him to have been a holy man, and in the captivity to have…
- Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:12–15Catena Aurea on Matthew
But this seems to contradict the genealogy which is read in Chronicles. For there it is said, that Jeconias begot Salathiel and Phadaias, and Phadaias begot Zorobabel, and Zorobabel Mosollah, Ananias, and Solomith…
- Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 1:12–15Catena Aurea on Matthew
He is also Zorobabel, that is, ‘the master of confusion,’ according to that, “Your Master eateth with publicans and sinners.” [Matt 9:11] He is Abiud, that is, ‘He is my Father,’ according to that, “I and the Father…
- Glossa Ordinaria on Matthew 1:12–15 (2)Catena Aurea on Matthew
He is also Eleazar, i.e. ‘God is my helper,’ as in the seventeenth Psalm, “My God, my helper.” He is also Mathan, that is, ‘giving,’ or, ‘given,’ for, “He gave gifts for men;” [Eph 4:8] and, “God so loved the world,…
- Remigius of Auxerre on Matthew 1:12–15 (2)Catena Aurea on Matthew
He is also Jacob, ‘that supplanteth,’ for not only hath He supplanted the Devil, but hath given His power to His faithful people; as, “Behold I have given you power to tread upon serpents.” [Luke 10:19] He is also…
- Rabanus Maurus on Matthew 1:12–15Catena Aurea on Matthew
But let us see what moral signification these names contain. After Jeconias, which means ‘the preparation of the Lord,’ follows Salathiel, i.e. ‘God is my petition,’ for he who is rightly prepared, prays not but of…