This document is about Mattan (Priest of Baal). For other homonyms, please refer to the Mattan document.
He was a priest who served Baal at the time when Joash (King of Judah) overthrew Athaliah and was restored to the throne.
2 Kings 11:18Then all the people of the land went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They thoroughly broke in pieces its altars and its images, and killed Baal’s priest Mattan before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 23:17Then all the people went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They broke its altars and images in pieces and killed Baal’s priest Mattan before the altars.