Person Old Testament
Tahpenes
Tahpenes was the queen of Egypt who gave her sister in marriage to Hadad the Edomite. Mentioned in 2 verses across 1 book, first at 1 Kings 11:19.
Why it matters. Egyptian queen who raised Hadad the Edomite
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Tahpenes
Tahpenes is mentioned in 1Ki.11.19-20 as the queen of Egypt during the time when Hadad the Edomite fled there to escape from King Solomon. Pharaoh gave Hadad his sister-in-law, the sister of Queen Tahpenes, in marriage. Queen Tahpenes raised Hadad's son Genubath in Pharaoh's palace among the princes of Egypt. No other details are provided about Tahpenes' life or reign as queen. Her actions in arranging the marriage and raising Genubath show the favor Hadad found with the Egyptian royal family.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
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Appears in Scripture
Named in 2 verses across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.