Tahpanhes, in Egypt
A place in the Bible
A city in Egypt. In the Douay-Rheims it is called “Taphnis.”
What happened here
- Jeremiah in Egypt: after the fall of Jerusalem, a group of Jews fled to Egypt without obeying the Lord, and they took the prophet Jeremiah and Baruch with them. They went as far as Tahpanhes.
Today
It was in Egypt. The exact place is not known for sure.
Where it appears in the Bible
Jeremiah 43:6-7
What the Bible says
Jeremiah 43:6-7
6Men, and women, and children, and the king’s daughters, and every soul, which Nabuzardan the general had left with Godolias the son of Ahicam the son of Saphan, and Jeremias the prophet, and Baruch the son of Nerias. 7And they went Into the land of Egypt, for they obeyed not the voice of the Lord: and they came as far as Taphnis.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Jeremiah 43:7