(11.) The Pharaoh by whom Josiah was defeated and slain at Megiddo (2
Chronicles 35:20-24; 2 Kings 23:29, 30). (See NECHO.)
(12.) Pharaoh-hophra, who in vain sought to relieve Jerusalem when it was
besieged by Nebuchadnezzar (q.v.), 2 Kings 25:1-4; comp. Jeremiah
37:5-8; Ezekiel 17:11-13. (See ZEDEKIAH.)
- PHARAOH’S DAUGHTERS Three princesses are thus mentioned in
Scripture: (1.) The princess who adopted the infant Moses (q.v.), Exodus
2:10. She is twice mentioned in the New Testament (Acts 7:21: Hebrews
11:24). It would seem that she was alive and in some position of influence
about the court when Moses was compelled to flee from Egypt, and thus
for forty years he had in some way been under her influence. She was in all
probability the sister of Rameses, and the daughter of Seti I. Josephus calls
her Thermuthis. It is supposed by some that she was Nefert-ari, the wife
as well as sister of Rameses. The mummy of this queen was among the
treasures found at Deir-el-Bahari.
(2.) “Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took (1 Chronicles
4:18).
(3.) The wife of Solomon (1 Kings 3:1). This is the first reference since the
Exodus to any connection of Israel with Egypt.