Japhia
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,...
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And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the
border of Chislothtabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and
goeth up to Japhia,...
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Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,...
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ja-fi'-a, jaf'-i-a (yaphia`, perhaps "tall"; compare Arabic;
Iephtha):
(1) King of Lachish, one of the 5 "kings of the Amorites"
who allied themselves together in an expedition against
Gibeon on account of its treaty with the Israelites (Josh
10:3-5). After their discomfiture by Joshua in the battle of
Beth-horon (10:10), "one of the most impo...
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-1. King of Lachish
Jos 10:3
-2. A town of Zebulun
Jos 19:12
-3. A son of David
2Sa 5:15; 1Ch 3:7; 14:6...
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(splended) The boundary of Zebulun ascended from Daberath to
Japhia, and thence passed to Gath-hepher. Jos 19:12 Yafa, two
miles south of Nazareth. ,is not unlikely to be identical with
Japhin....
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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....
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