APRIES

died 567 BC also spelled Ouaphris, Egyptian Haaibra Wahibra, Hebrew Hophra fourth king (reigned 589570 BC) of the 26th dynasty of Egypt; he succeeded his father, Psamtik II. Apries failed to help his ally King Zedekiah of Judah against Babylon, but after the fall of Jerusalem he received many Jewish refugees into Egypt. Later he took the Phoenician port of Sidon, but, because of his subsequent failure in an attack on Cyrene in Libya, the Egyptian army mutinied and elected their general Ahmose as king instead (570). Apries was imprisoned but escaped; he later was murdered, perhaps by Egyptians.