History
The
King commonly referred to as Apries (his Greek
name), who's birth name was Wah-ib-re, meaning "Constant
is the Heart of Re". Apries, sixth was
the king of the Saite Dynasty and spent much
of his
reign at war with the Babylonian ruler Nebuchadnezzar.
Much of this struggle was fought first in the
Levant but also at Cyrene in Libya.
After suffering huge losses at the Battle of
Cyrene, the Egyptian army under Amasis revolted
and Apries was forced to flee.
Names
Greek - Apries | Hebrew - Hophra | Egyptian
- Wahibre
Apries is the name by which Herodotus
(ii. 161) and Diodorus (i. 68) designate
Wahibre, Pharaoh-Hophra -
Jeremiah 44:30.
Herodotus Mentions Apries-Hophra
and Memphis
"So when Apries leading
his foreign mercenaries, and Amasis at the
head of the army of Egyptians,
in their approach to one another had reached
the city of Memphis,
they engaged in battle". - Herodotus Histories
2,161 ff
Hosea 9:6 For, lo,
they are gone because of destruction: Egypt
shall gather them up, Memphis shall
bury them: the pleasant places
for their silver, nettles shall possess them:
thorns shall be in their tabernacles.
Palace of Apries at Memphis
More recently, in 1909, in
the course of excavations carried on by
the British School of Archaeology
in Egypt, the palace of King Apries, Pharaoh
Hophra, has been discovered on the site
of Memphis, the ancient capital of Egypt.
Under
the gray mud hill, close to the squalid
Arab village of Mitrahenny, which every
tourist
passes on the way to Sakkhara, had lain
for centuries Hophra's magnificent palace,
400
ft. long by 200 ft., with a splendid pylon,
an immense court, and stonelined halls,
of which seven have been found intact.
With
many other objects of value there was found
a fitting
of a palanquin of solid silver, decorated
with a bust of Hathor with a gold face.
It is said
to be of the finest workmanship of the
time of Apries-Hophra, a relic of the fire,
which,
Jeremiah predicted at Tahpanhes, the Lord
of Hosts was
to kindle "in the houses of the gods of
Egypt" (Jeremiah 43:12).
The main palace building was excavated in
two seasons between 1908 and 1910. It is located
on a massive artificial platform. Most of the
walls of the palace are constructed in mud-brick,
while important elements such as columns, pavements
and wall cladding (at least to a certain height)
are of limestone. Some of the capitals of the
columns still bore the name of king Apries,
who was therefore most likely the builder of
main parts of the complex.
King Zedekiah and the Babylonian Chronicle
King Zedekiah is in this same chapter and verse
of Jeremiah that the Pharaoh Apries-Hophra
is mentioned. We are going to compare the
record of the Babylonian chronicle clay tablet,
as translated into English by scholars, with
the account recorded in the Bible. This tablet
resides in the British Museum.
"He installed in his place a king Zedekiah of his own choice, and after he had received
rich tribute, he sent them forth to Babylon." -
Babylonian Chronicle
I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand
of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon - Jeremiah
44:30
This chronicle names all of the following
people and all of them are in the bible! -
Jehoiachin - Zedekiah - Pharaoh
Necho - Nebuchadnezzar
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