Jeremiah and the Border Marker of Pharaoh Hophra

In June 2021 a farmer working in his field near Ismailia, Egypt discovered a sandstone stela carved with ancient writing. It was a border marker of Pharaoh Wahibre also known as Pharaoh Hophra to Jeremiah and Ezekiel.

 

Not much is known about Hophra from archaeology. Greek historians speak of him, and he is one of only six pharaohs mentioned in the Old Testament. Ismalia is in the same region as Tahpanhes, the city where Jeremiah was when he prophesied about Hophra.

 

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