Meneptah had repented of his act, and a squadron of six hundred chariots was sent in pursuit of the fugitives.
A hymn of victory addressed to Meneptah alludes to "the Israelites" to whom "no seed" had been left.
Palestine still formed part of the kingdom of Meneptah, at all events in the earlier years of his reign.
Perhaps the most relevant amongst recent discoveries is an inscription of Meneptah II.
This time Meneptah did not boast but scowled, while I set the board and the scribe wrote down the game upon his tablets.