Jeremia 43:7

7 En zij togen in Egypteland, want zij waren der stem des HEEREN niet gehoorzaam; en zij kwamen tot Tachpanhes.

Jeremia 43:7 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 43:7

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 1 Kings 11:20 ) . The Septuagint version, and others after that, call it Taphnas. It is thought to be the Daphnae Pelusiae of Herodotus ^F6 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 ^F7 calls it Tapium, and says it was in his time a very small town.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 Enterpe, sive l. 2. c. 30, 107.
F7 Apud Adrichem. Theatrum Terrae Sanctae, p. 125.

Jeremia 43:7 In-Context

5 Maar Johanan, de zoon van Kareah, en al de oversten der heiren namen het ganse overblijfsel van Juda, die van al de heidenen, waar zij waren henengedreven, wedergekeerd waren, om in het land van Juda te wonen;

6 De mannen, en de vrouwen, en de kinderkens, en des konings dochteren, en alle ziel, die Nebuzaradan, de overste der trawanten, bij Gedalia, den zoon van Ahikam, den zoon van Safan, gelaten had, ook den profeet Jeremia, en Baruch, den zoon van Nerija;

7 En zij togen in Egypteland, want zij waren der stem des HEEREN niet gehoorzaam; en zij kwamen tot Tachpanhes.

8 Toen geschiedde des HEEREN woord tot Jeremia te Tachpanhes, zeggende:

9 Neem grote stenen in uw hand, en verberg ze in de klei in den ticheloven, die bij de deur van Farao's huis te Tachpanhes is, voor de ogen der Joodse mannen;