Tahpanhes
Where Tahpanhes sits on the map, and the 7 verses where it appears, in biblical order and linked to the full chapter.
- Identified with
- Tell Defenneh
- Coordinates
- 30.8606, 32.1714
- Mentions
- 7 mentions
Coordinates and the modern identification come from the open atlas at OpenBible.info. For regions, peoples and large features there is no identification: the marked point only places the area on the map, and stands for neither a particular site nor its boundaries.
Passages where it appears
7 verses, in biblical order.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 2:16
Likewise, the sons of Memphis and of Tahpanhes have defiled you, even to the top of the head.
- Jeremiah 43:7
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.
- Jeremiah 43:8
And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah at Tahpanhes, saying:
- Jeremiah 43:9
“Take great stones in your hand, and you shall conceal them in the crypt which is under the brick wall at the gate of the house of Pharaoh at Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah.
- Jeremiah 44:1
The word that came through Jeremiah to all the Jews who were living in the land of Egypt, living at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Memphis, and in the land of Pathros, saying:
- Jeremiah 46:14
“Announce it to Egypt, and make it heard in Migdol, and let it resonate in Memphis and in Tahpanhes. Say this: Stand and prepare yourself! For the sword will devour everything around you.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 30:18
And in Tahpanhes, the day will grow black, when, in that place, I will break the scepters of Egypt. And the arrogance of her authority will fail within her; a gloom will cover her. Then her daughters will be led into captivity.