Sanballat II

Sanballat 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. Sanballat may have constructed the Samaritan Temple on Mount Gerizim.

Sanballat was the father of Hananiah, who was governor of Samaria after his father's death.

There has been some speculation (discussed by Dus̆ek) that Sanballat II may not have existed, certainly not with that name.^[1]

References

1. Jan Dus̆ek (2007). Les Manuscrits Araméens Du Wadi Daliyeh Et la Samarie Vers 450-332 Av. J.-C. Culture and History of the Ancient Near East 30 (illustrated ed.). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill Publishers. p. 517. ISBN 9789004161788. Retrieved 8 September 2012.

• Frank Moore Cross, Jr. (December 1963). "The Discovery of the Samaria Papyri". The Biblical Archaeologist (Boston, United States of America: American Schools of Oriental Research) 26 (4): 109–121.