contemporary sources based on matching names and credentials. The possibility of coincidental matching of names cannot be ruled out however. Hebrew Bible (Protocanonical Old Testament) Ahaziah/Amaziah, King of Judah. The Tel Dan Stele contains, according to many scholars, an account by a Syrian king (probably Hazael), claiming to have slain "[Ahaz]iahu, son of [... kin]g of the house of David", who reigned c. 850 – 849 BCE. However, an alternative view, which dates the inscription half a century later, is that the name should be reconstructed as '[Amaz]iahu', who reigned c. 796–767 BCE. Asaiah, servant of king Josiah (2 Kings 22:12). A seal with the text Asayahu servant of the king probably belonged to him. Azaliah son of Meshullam, scribe in the Temple in Jerusalem: Mentioned in 2 Kings 22:3 and 2 Chronicles 34:8. A bulla reading "belonging to Azaliahu son of Meshullam." is likely to be his, according to archaeologist Nahman Avigad. Azariah son of Hilkiah and grandfather of Ezra: Mentioned in 1 Chronicles 6:13,14; 9:11 and Ezra 7:1. A bulla reading Azariah son of Hilkiah is likely to be his, according to Tsvi Schneider.<ref name="Six">Schneider, Tsvi, Six Biblical Signatures: Seals and seal impressions of six biblical personages recovered''', Biblical Archaeology Review, July/August 1991</ref> Baalis king of Ammon is mentioned in Jeremiah 40:14. In 1984 an Ammonite seal, dated to c. 600 BCE, was excavated in Tell El-`Umeiri, Jordan that reads "belonging to Milkomor, the servant of Baalisha". Identification of 'Baalisha' with the biblical Baalis is likely, but it is not currently known if there was only one Ammonite king of that name. Ben-Hadad I, was identified by William F. Albright as the "Bar-Hadad, son of [...], king of Aram" mentioned on the Melqart stele, however, several other scholars, such as Kenneth Kitchen, dispute this identification, as the stele's inscription is damaged and there is no outside evidence supporting this conclusion. David, or more accurately his eponymous royal house, is mentioned in the Tel Dan Stele, see above entry for Ahaziah. Darius II of Persia, is mentioned by the contemporary historian Xenophon of Athens, in the Elephantine Papyri, and other sources. 'Darius the Persian', mentioned in Nehemiah 12:22, is probably Darius II, although some scholars identify him with Darius I or Darius III.Freedman, David N., The Unity of the Hebrew Bible, University of Michigan Press, 1993, p. 93 Gedaliah son of Ahikam, governor of Judah. A seal impression with