Sanballat
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Sanballat can refer to one of several governors of Samaria
during the Achaemenid
and Hellenistic periods:
Samaria
Samaria, or the Shomron is a term used for a mountainous region roughly corresponding to the northern part of the West Bank.- Etymology :...
during the Achaemenid
Achaemenid Empire
The Achaemenid Empire , sometimes known as First Persian Empire and/or Persian Empire, was founded in the 6th century BCE by Cyrus the Great who overthrew the Median confederation...
and Hellenistic periods:
- Sanballat ISanballat the HoroniteSanballat the Horonite or Sanballat I was a Samaritan leader and official of the Persian Achaemenid Empire who lived in the mid to late fifth century BC...
, governed in the mid- to late 5th century BCE - Sanballat IISanballat IISanballat II was hereditary governor of Samaria under the Achaemenid Empire. He reigned during the early and mid fourth century BCE. Sanballat was a grandson of Sanballat the Horonite, who is mentioned in the Book of Nehemiah and the Elephantine papyri...
, grandson of the former, governed mid-4th century BCE - Sanballat III, governed around the time of Alexander the Great
- Sanballat IV
- Sanballat V