Bible Person
Meaning: consolation; repentance · Male · 2 cross references
Tanhumeth is the father of Seraiah the Netophathite and appears in the remnant leadership setting after Jerusalem's fall. He belongs to the troubled political world of Judah under Babylonian domination. First appears in 2 Kgs 25:23.1
AI summary: Tanhumeth matters because his cross references place his house among the military and local leaders who gather around Gedaliah after the destruction of Jerusalem. Though he is not the acting commander, his name helps anchor one of those leaders in a remembered family line. Taken together, the material presents Tanhumeth as a familial source within Judah's fragile remnant leadership.1
Central Figure
Tanhumeth
Meaning: consolation; repentance
Consolation, a Netophathite; one of the captains who supported Gedaliah (2 Kings 25:23; Jer.
Consolation, a Netophathite; one of the captains who supported Gedaliah (2 Kings 25:23; Jer. 40:8). 3
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.