Israelites Flee to Egypt
The Jews fled to Egypt, against the warning of Jeremiah.
Jeremiah 43:5-7
The army officers… took the entire remnant of Judah... as well as the prophet Jeremiah… and they went to Egypt.
The Papyrus Amherst number 63 that was found in Luxor or ancient Thebes in Egypt, near the island of Elephantine. This text contains documentation of people coming to Egypt from Judah.
“I come from Judah; my brother has been brought from Samaria; and now, a man is bringing up my sister from Jerusalem.”
Overview
Papyrus Amherst 63
Found in Luxor (ancient Thebes), Egypt, near the island of Elephantine
“I come from Judah; my brother has been brought from Samaria; and now, a man is bringing up my sister from Jerusalem.”
In the Bible
Instead, Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers took the entire remnant of Judah... men, women, and children; and the daughters of the king and all the people whom Nebuzaradan the chief of the guards had left with Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan, as well as the prophet Jeremiah and Baruch son of Neriah—and they went to Egypt.
"וַיִּקַּ֞ח יֽוֹחָנָ֤ן בֶּן־קָרֵ֨חַ֙ וְכָל־שָׂרֵ֣י הַֽחֲיָלִ֔ים אֵ֖ת כָּל־שְׁאֵרִ֣ית יְהוּדָ֑ה... אֶֽת־הַ֠גְּבָרִים וְאֶת־הַנָּשִׁ֣ים וְאֶת־הַטַּף֮ וְאֶת־בְּנ֣וֹת הַמֶּלֶךְ֒ וְאֵ֣ת כָּל־הַנֶּ֗פֶשׁ אֲשֶׁ֤ר הִנִּ֨יחַ֙ נְבֽוּזַרְאֲדָ֣ן רַב־טַבָּחִ֔ים אֶת־גְּדַלְיָ֖הוּ בֶּן־אֲחִיקָ֣ם בֶּן־שָׁפָ֑ן וְאֵת֙ יִרְמְיָ֣הוּ הַנָּבִ֔יא וְאֶת־בָּר֖וּךְ בֶּן־נֵֽרִיָּֽהוּ׃ וַיָּבֹ֨אוּ֙ אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם..."
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