Herald 2

[dave1948]

1d First among men after Livingstone in an African country (4)
?A?I

8a Middle Eastern chap the first among Hittites to see the Jordan valley (6)
A?A?A?

23a Secretary to Hezekiah new queen adopted (6)
S???N?

[scorpiojo]

1 M a L i....first letters

[dannyk13]

Mali(initial letters in clue)

[Oldred]

1d Mali

[ladyalex]

1d Mali

[scorpiojo]

23 Sheb N a

[scorpiojo]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shebna

[dannyk13]

23a.Shebna - n(new) inside Shaba(queen)

[cupid04]

Arafat?

[ladyalex]

Arafat?

[dave1948]

The usual suspects ! Thank you Danny and Jo.

Your thoughts on:
4d Dog maybe one that's announced in a show (6)
?A?K?R
Barker ?

[Mamyalynne]

Yes, double definition.

[Mamyalynne]

barker
ˈbɑːkə/Submit
nouninformal
a tout at an auction, sideshow, etc., who calls out to passers-by to attract custom.

[dannyk13]

Yes- double meaning.1Noise made by a dog.2 A fairground announcer

[scorpiojo]

8 Arab a(mong) H(ittites)?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabah

[dave1948]

Thank you Mamyalynne. All the AB experts lending me a hand. Any thoughts on Arafat ?

[dave1948]

Well done Jo and many thanks as ever for the link

[scorpiojo]

You're very welcome, Dave :)

[dave1948]

There are two more and rather than tear my (non-existent)hair out here they are:
17d Isle, over time,clan leader reigned (6)
??A?E?

17a Last to turn back, some other lot in it for the long haul (4)
??E?

[ladyalex]

Looks like Scorpiojo has it

[dave1948]

Thank you Ladyalex There are two left though if you can help