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tahpanhes, tehaphnehes, tahapanes in Smith's Bible Dictionary
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." #Jer 43:7| The Jews in Jeremiah's time remained here. #Jer 44:1| It was an important town, being twice mentioned by the latter prophet with Noph or Memphis. #Jer 2:16; 46:14| Here stood a house of Pharaoh-hophra before which Jeremiah hid great stones. #Jer 43:8-10|