John Gill Commentary Jeremiah 43:7

"and they came into the land of Egypt; for they obeyed not the voice of Jehovah: and they came unto Tahpanhes." — Jeremiah 43:7 (ASV)

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.