place · also Tehaphnehes
Tahpanhes
תַּחְפַּנְחֵס
Tahpanhes (or Tehaphnehes), an Egyptian city where Jewish refugees, including Jeremiah, settled after the destruction of Jerusalem (Jer. 43:7-9; 44:1; 46:14; Ezek. 30:18).
- verses
- 7
- first named
- Jeremiah 2:16
- last named
- Ezekiel 30:18
- feature
- settlement
- coordinates
- 30.86°N · 32.17°E
Tell Defenneh (OpenBible)
The gazetteer records one identification, and no competing one.
Description
Tahpanhes in the text
Tahpanhes (also known as Tehaphnehes or Tahapanes) was an important Egyptian city mentioned by the prophets Jeremiah and Ezekiel. It was located in Lower Egypt, near the eastern border. After the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC, Jewish refugees, including the prophet Jeremiah, fled to Tahpanhes (Jer. 43:7). Jeremiah prophesied that Nebuchadnezzar would invade Egypt and bring destruction upon Tahpanhes and other Egyptian cities where the Jewish refugees had settled (Jer. 46:14). Ezekiel also foretold the destruction of Tahpanhes when Nebuchadnezzar would strike Egypt (Ezek. 30:18). The city was known for its large foreign population, including a garrison of Greek mercenaries established by Pharaoh Psammetichus I. Tahpanhes is also mentioned as a witness to the desolation of the cities of Judah (Jer. 44:1). The name "Tahpanhes" is of Egyptian origin and may mean "Fortress of the Nubian" or "Fortress of Pinehas."
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Direct connections
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The pattern
Where Tahpanhes is named
Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.
7 verses across 2 of 66 books; 64 write the name nowhere. Named in Jeremiah (6) and Ezekiel (1).
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Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 7, across 2 books.
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