tahapanes

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tahapanes - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  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 (Jer. 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, Mr.
  Petrie, "the ceremony described by 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").