in the period after 518. The restoration of the Davidic house, however, is relegated to an eschatological future despite the fact that Zerubbabel the governor was apparently around for some time after the temple’s rededication. That his successor as governor, Elnathan, is closely associated with a Davidic descendant, Shelomith, indicates that the Yehudite populace demanded leaders connected with the royal line even into the next century. A high point of achievement for Yehud in the restoration was