Tahapanes: =Tahpanhes=Tehaphnehes, (called "Daphne" by the Greeks, now Tell
Defenneh), an ancient Egyptian city, on the Tanitic branch of the
Nile, about 16 miles from Pelusium. The Jews from Jerusalem fled
to this place after the death of Gedaliah (q.v.), and settled there
for a time
(Jeremiah 2:16; 43:7; 44:1; 46:14) A platform of brick-work, which
there is every reason to believe was the pavement at the entry of
Pharaoh's palace, has been discovered at this place. "Here," says the
discoverer, Mk. Petrie, "the ceremony described by Jeremiah
(Jeremiah 43:8-10) ["brick-kiln", i.e., pavement of brick] took place
before the chiefs of the fugitives assembled on the platform, and here
Nebuchadnezzar spread his royal pavilion" (R.V., "brickwork").
