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Japhia
Splendid. (1.) The king of Lachish, who joined in the confederacy against Joshua (Josh 10:3), and was defeated and slain. In one of the Amarna tablets he speaks of himself as king of Gezer. Called also Horam (Josh 10:33).
(2.) One of the sons of David (2 Sam 5:15), born in Jerusalem.
(3.) A town in the southern boundary of Zebulum (Josh 19:12); now Yafa, 2 miles south-west of Nazareth.
Named in the Bible
5 verses
- Joshua 10:3 Wherefore Adonizedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,
- Joshua 19:12 And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chislothtabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and goeth up to Japhia,
- 2 Samuel 5:15 Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
- 1 Chronicles 3:7 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
- 1 Chronicles 14:6 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
