Tattenai

Tat´uh-ni

The governor of the province Abar-nahara, “Beyond the River” (Ezra 5:3; Ezra 5:6), under Persian rule in postexilic times. It included Samaria and Judea, thus covering the rebuilding at issue in this episode in Ezra. Tattenai, after reporting on the rebuilding in progress in Jerusalem, was instructed by the Persian government not to interfere (Ezra 6:6; Ezra 6:13), in keeping with Cyrus’s decree (Ezra 6:1-5).