Apries

Apries () is the name by which Herodotus and Diodorus designate Wahibre Haaibre, a pharaoh of Egypt (), the fourth king (counting from Psamtik I) of the Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt. He was equated with the Ouaphris () of Manetho, who correctly records that he reigned for 19 years. Apries is also called Hophra in Jeremiah 44:30 (; ).

== Biography == Apries inherited the throne from his father, pharaoh Psamtik II, in Apries was an active builder who constructed "additions to the temples at Athribis (Tell Atrib), Bahariya Oasis, Memphis and Sais." In the 4th year of his reign, Apries' sister Ankhnesneferibre was made the new ''God's Wife of Amun'' at Thebes. However, Apries' reign was also fraught with internal problems. In Apries dispatched a force to Jerusalem to protect it from Babylonian forces sent by Nebuchadnezzar II (Book of Jeremiah 37:5; 34:21). His forces quickly withdrew, however, apparently avoiding a major confrontation with the Babylonians. Jerusalem, following an 18 month-long siege, was destroyed by the Babylonians in either Apries's unsuccessful attempt to intervene in the politics of the Kingdom of Judah was followed by a mutiny of soldiers from the strategically important Aswan garrison.