- Tahpanhes:
- Tahpanhes rendered Ταφνη and Ταφναι by the LXX, is no doubt the Δαφναι of Herodotus, a royal city of Lower Egypt, situated, according to the Itinerary of Antoninus, sixteen miles south from Pelusium, from which it was called Daphne Pelusice. Forster says that there is now a place situated in the vicinity of Pelusium called Safnas, which may be a vestige of the ancient name. It appears to have been the very first town in Egypt, in the road from Palestine, that afforded tolerable accommodation for the fugitives. It was at this place that, according to Jerome and several of the ancients, tradition says the faithful Jeremiah was stoned to death by these rebellious wretches, for whose welfare he had watched, prayed, and suffered every kind of indignity and hardship. "So they came²° into¹ the landª of Egypt:ª for¹ they obeyedª° not¹ the voiceª of the LORD:ª thus cameª° they [even] to¹ Tahpanhes.ª" {Jer 43:7} + "At Tehaphnehesª also the dayª shall be darkened,ª°²° when I shall breakª° there¹¹ the yokesª of Egypt:ª and the pompª of her strengthª shall ceaseª° in her:² as for her,¹ a cloudª shall coverª° her, and her daughtersª shall go²°¹ into captivity.ª" {Ezk 30:18}, Tehaphnehes
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