Tanhumeth
Divided Kingdom
Tribe of Judah(?)
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Tanhumeth the Netophathite was one of the leaders who supported Gedaliah's governorship after Jerusalem's fall.
Tanhumeth the Netophathite was the father of Seraiah, one of the military commanders who came to Gedaliah at Mizpah after the fall of Jerusalem and the appointment of Gedaliah as governor over the remaining population (2 Kings 25:23; Jeremiah 40:8). Gedaliah urged these commanders and their men to settle in the land and serve the Babylonians. Tanhumeth is known only through his son's role in this brief post-destruction episode.