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TAHPANHES

(Heb. taḥpanḥēs;
Egyp. t÷-ḥ[t]-[n.t]-p÷-nḥsy)

An Egyptian outpost bordering Sinai, identified with classical Daphnae (Herodotus Hist. 2.30), modern Tell Defneh near Lake Manzaleh in the northeast Delta. The Hebrew form transcribes the Egyptian, which means “the fortress of Penhase.” (Penhase was a Theban general in the 11th century b.c.e. who suppressed a rebellion in the Delta.) According to the biblical narrative Tahpanhes was a city of refuge for the Jews escaping from Palestine. It was also the place where Jeremiah ended his career (Jer. 43:7; cf. 42:19). The city is mentioned in Ezekiel’s condemnation of Egypt (Ezek. 30:18, “Tehaphnehes”).

William F. Albright suggested that Tell Defneh was the site of Baal-zephon, one of the places mentioned in the route of the Exodus. W. M. Flinders Petrie, who excavated the site in the 1880s, was incorrect in his interpretation of the strata. He dated the mud-brick walls beneath the 7th-century buildings to the period of Rameses II; later it was determined that they were actually foundations for the 7th-century buildings. There was no evidence of earlier occupation at the site.

Lawrence A. Sinclair

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TAHPANHES

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)