Bible Person

Tahpenes

Meaning: standard; flight; temptation · Female · 2 cross references

Tahpenes is the Egyptian queen whose household gives refuge and marriage connection to Hadad the Edomite in exile. She appears in the international court setting that shapes Hadad's later opposition to Solomon. First appears in 1 Kgs 11:19.1

AI summary: Tahpenes matters because her cross references place her household at the center of a politically significant alliance between the Egyptian court and Hadad. Through her family, Hadad gains status, protection, and a place from which future hostility can emerge. Taken together, the material presents Tahpenes as a royal figure whose household becomes part of the geopolitical background to Solomon's later troubles.1

Central Figure

Tahpenes

Meaning: standard; flight; temptation

The wife of Pharaoh, who gave her sister in marriage to Hadad the Edomite (1 Kings 11:19, 20).