MATTHANIAS

mat-tha-ni'-as (Codex Alexandrinus, Matthanias, Codex Vaticanus, Matan):

(1) One of those who put away their "strange wives" (1 Esdras 9:27) = "Mattaniah" of Ezra 10:26.

(2) the King James Version "Mathanias" (1 Esdras 9:31) = "Mattaniah" of Ezra 10:30. Codex Vaticanus, followed by Swete, reads Beskaspasmus.

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.