Pharaoh-hophra (Hastings' Dictionary)
See HOPHRA. PHARAOH-NEC(H)0.—See NEco. PHARAOH’S DAUGHTER.—See PHARAOH, and Moses, p. 447°. PHARATHON (Φαραθων).,, A place in Judea, fortified by Bacchides against Jonathan, 1 Mac 9°. The EV separate Pharathon from the presets name, reading ‘ Timnath, Pharathon,’ whereas L seems to combine the two—rhv Θαμνάθα Φαραθών. G. A. Smith agrees with the latter, holding that ‘ evi- dently one place’ is referred to (but see Buhl, GAP 206 f.)
Pharathon is probably the village Fer'on in the low hills west of Shechem, guarding the approach to the main route on the Plain of Sharon, PHARES PHARISEES 82] and Timnath ma vol. ii. sheet xi. be Timnath-heres. See SWP f. also art. PIRATHON. C. R. CONDER.
This topic also has an entry in the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Both articles offer independent scholarly perspectives.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Pharaoh-hophra
Pharaoh Hophra hof'-ra (par`oh chophra`; Houaphre): 1. Sole King, 589-570 BC: He is so called in Scripture (Jer 44:30); Herodotus calls him Apries (ii.169). He is known on the monuments as Uah `ab `ra]. He was the son of Psammetichus II, whose Greek mercenaries have left in scriptions upon the rocks of Abu-Sim-bel, and the grandson of Pharaoh-necoh. He reigned alone from 589 BC to 570 BC, and jointly, by compulsion of his people, with his son-in-law Aahmes (Greek Amasis) for some years longer. 2. Alliance with Zedekiah: No sooner had he mounted the throne than he yielded to the overtures of Zedekiah of Judah, who thought Hophra's accession a good opportunity for throwing off the yoke of Babylon. So, as Ezekiel says (17:15), "he rebelled against him (Nebuchadrezzar) in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people." Zedekiah had entered into the intrigue against the advice of Jeremiah, and it proved fatal to Zedekiah and the kingdom. Nebuchadrezzar was not slow to punish the disloyalty of his vassal, and in a brief space his armies were beleagueri…
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