Meneptah
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Memphis was at the pinnacle of her greatness in the sixth year of the reign of the divine Meneptah.
From The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt by Miller, Elizabeth
Nevertheless, the reign of Meneptah is one of the greatest importance, for it was he, to all appearance, who was the Pharaoh of the Exodus, as seems also to be proved by the same document.
From The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia by Pinches, Theophilus Goldridge
At any rate, those who believe that the Pharaoh of the Exodus perished in the Red Sea will find in Si-Ptah a better representative of him than in Meneptah or Seti.
From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
A more serious objection to making Meneptah the Pharaoh of the Exodus is the fact that his son Seti ii. was already acknowledged as heir to the throne during his father's lifetime.
From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
That Meneptah should have been buried in one of the royal tombs of Bibân el-Molûk at Thebes, and received divine honours after his death, is of less consequence.
From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
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