Tahpenes
תַּחְפְּנֵיס · tach.pe.nes · H8472G“standard; flight; temptation” Hitchcock's 18692 mentions, all in 1 Kings
Who she was
Tahpenes is mentioned in 1 Kings 11:19–20 as the queen of Egypt during the time when Hadad the Edomite fled there to escape from King Solomon. Pharaoh gave Hadad his sister-in-law, the sister of Queen Tahpenes, in marriage. Queen Tahpenes raised Hadad's son Genubath in Pharaoh's palace among the princes of Egypt. No other details are provided about Tahpenes' life or reign as queen. Her actions in arranging the marriage and raising Genubath show the favor Hadad found with the Egyptian royal family.
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Family
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Every mention
2 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)
1 Kings 2 mentions
1 Kings 11:19Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him as wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.1 Kings 11:20The sister of Tahpenes bore him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh’s house; and Genubath was in Pharaoh’s house among the sons of Pharaoh.
What the dictionary says
The wife of Pharaoh, who gave her sister in marriage to Hadad the Edomite (1 Kings 11:19, 20).
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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- STEPBible TIPNR · Translators Individualised Proper Names with all References · CC BY 4.0 · github.com/STEPBible/STEPBible-Data
- Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) · Public domain