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Tah'panhes. A city of Egypt, mentioned in the time of the prophets, Jeremiah and Ezekiel. The name is evidently Egyptian, and closely resembles that of the Egyptian queen, Tahpenes. It was evidently a town of lower Egypt, near or on the eastern border. When Johanan, and the other captains, went into Egypt, "they came to Tahpanhes." Jeremiah 43:7. The Jews in Jeremiah's time remained here. Jeremiah 44:1. It was an important town, being twice mentioned by the latter prophet with Noph or Memphis. Jeremiah 2:16; Jeremiah 46:14. Here stood a house of Pharaoh-hophra, before which Jeremiah hid great stones. Jeremiah 43:8-10.
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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Tahpanhes'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/sbd/t/tahpanhes.html. 1901.
Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Tahpanhes'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/sbd/t/tahpanhes.html. 1901.
