King James Version
What Does Jeremiah 43:7 Mean?
“So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: thus came they even to Tahpanhes.”
Context
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But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all nations, whither they had been driven, to dwell in the land of Judah;
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Even men, and women, and children, and the king's daughters, and every person that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah.
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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.
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Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
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Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah;
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(7) **Thus came they** **even to Tahpanhes.**—The town was obviously on the north-eastern frontier of Egypt. In Judith 1:9 it appears between the river of Egypt (the Rhinocolura, which divided Egypt from Palestine) and Ramesse (the Raamses of Exodus 1:11, or Rameses of Numbers 33:3; Numbers 33:5) and all the land of Gesen, or Goshen. In Ezekiel 30:16-18 it is named, in conjunction with No (= Thebes) and Noph (= Memphis), among the chief cities of Egypt. In Greek historians it appears as *Daphnce *and as near Pelusium (Herod. ii. 30), and in the *Itinerary *of Antoninus is placed, under the name of Dafno, at a distance of sixteen Roman miles from the latter city. Its name may be connected with that of the Egyptian Quoen Tahpenes, mentioned in 1Kings 11:19. Here apparently the emigrants determined to settle and found a new home for themselves.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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