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Taphath

Taphath was a daughter of Solomon who married Ben-abinadab, one of Solomon's district governors. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Kings 4:11.

Why it matters. Daughter of Solomon; wife of Ben-abinadab

Primary passages
Last reviewed
2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team

About Taphath

Taphath is mentioned in 1Ki.4.11 as a daughter of King Solomon. She was given in marriage to Ben-abinadab, who was one of Solomon's twelve district governors responsible for providing food for the royal household. Ben-abinadab's district was Naphoth-dor.

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.

Parents
Solomon

Appears in Scripture

Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.

  • 1 Kings (1 verse)

    4:11

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