Jeremiah - 43:7



7 and they came into the land of Egypt; for they didn't obey the voice of Yahweh: and they came to Tahpanhes.

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Explanation and meaning of Jeremiah 43:7.

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So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: thus came they even to Tahpanhes.
and they came into the land of Egypt; for they obeyed not the voice of Jehovah: and they came unto Tahpanhes.
And they went Into the land of Egypt, for they obeyed not the voice of the Lord: and they came as far as Taphnis.
and they came into the land of Egypt: for they hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah. And they came as far as Tahpanhes.
and they enter the land of Egypt, for they have not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah, and they enter unto Tahpanhes.
And they came into the land of Egypt; for they did not give ear to the voice of the Lord: and they came to Tahpanhes.
and they came into the land of Egypt; for they hearkened not to the voice of the LORD; and they came even to Tahpanhes.
And they entered into the land of Egypt. For they did not obey the voice of the Lord. And they went as far as Tahpanhes.
Et venerunt in terram Aegypti, quia non obedierunt voci Jehovae, et venerunt usque ad Taphnees.

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Historical Commentaries

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Came they even to Tahpanhes - This city was called Daphne by the Greeks, and was situated at the extremity of Lower Egypt, near to Heliopolis. It was called Daphne Pelusiaca. They halted at this place, most probably for the purpose of obtaining the king's permission to penetrate farther into Egypt. It was at this place that, according to St. Jerome, tradition says the faithful Jeremiah was stoned to death by these rebellious wretches; for whose welfare he had watched, prayed, gone through many indignities, and suffered every kind of hardship. And now he sealed the truth of his Divine mission with his blood.

So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: thus they came [even] to (h) Tahpanhes.
(h) A city in Egypt near to Nilus.

So they came into the land of Egypt,.... They set out from the habitation of Chimham, where they were, Jeremiah 41:17; and proceeded on their journey, till they entered the land of Egypt:
for they obeyed not the voice of the Lord; to continue in Judea, and not to go into Egypt; and though the prophet of the Lord, who was with them, might, as they went along, advise them to go back, they regarded him not, but still went on:
thus came they even to Tahpanhes; the same with Hanes, Isaiah 30:4; and might be so called, as here, from a queen of Egypt of this name, 1-Kings 11:19. The Septuagint version, and others after that, call it Taphnas. It is thought to be the Daphnae Pelusiae of Herodotus (f) It was a seat of the king of Egypt, as appeals from Jeremiah 43:9; and no less a place would these proud men stop at, or take up with, but where the king's palace was. Tyrius (g) calls it Tapium, and says it was in his time a very small town.
(f) Enterpe, sive l. 2. c. 30, 107. (g) Apud Adrichem. Theatrum Terrae Sanctae, p. 125.

Tahpanhes--(See on Jeremiah 2:16); Daphne on the Tanitic branch of the Nile, near Pelusium. They naturally came to it first, being on the frontier of Egypt, towards Palestine.

Tahpanhes - It was at this time the place where the king of Egypt made his residence.

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