Sanballat
Sanballat ( also vocalized Sanaballat in the Septuagint ) was governor of the Persian province of Samaria in the middle of the 5th century BC.
The biblical form of the name is Hebrew סַנְבַלַּט הַחׂרׂנִי, Sanballat, the Horonite is derived from the Babylonian Sin-uballit ( Eng . Sin made you healthy ).
The biblical book Nehemiah reports on the activities of Sanballat against Nehemiah during the construction of the city wall of Jerusalem around 445 BC. Chr. In 3.33 ELB ff and 6.1 ELB ff. Sanballat acts together with the Ammonite Tobija and the Arab king Gaschmu , but ultimately cannot prevent the construction. The Elephantine papyri contain letters with the request for assistance in rebuilding the destroyed temple in Elephantine , which are addressed to his sons Delajah and Schelemjah.
By Flavius Josephus (Ant. 11.321-324) built Sanballat (III.) With approval and gratitude of Alexander the Great for assistance in the siege of Tire, a temple of the Samaritans on Mount Gerizim , the 128 v. By the Hasmonean John Hyrcanus I was destroyed. But it was probably built by Sanballat I.
literature
- Karl Jaroš : Canaan, Israel, Palestine. Verlag von Zabern, Mainz 1992, ISBN 3-8053-1345-4 .
- Bernd Kollmann : Introduction to New Testament Contemporary History. 3rd ext. Edition Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2014, ISBN 978-3-534-26319-6 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bernd Kollmann: Introduction to Contemporary History of the New Testament. P. 20.
- ↑ Nadav Na'aman: Art. Samaria. In: Religion Past and Present , Vol. 7 . 4th edition Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2004, Sp. 816.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sanballat |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sanaballat (Septuagint) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Governor of the Persian province of Samaria |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 445 BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 445 BC Chr. |