Joppa — Bible place

Beauty, a town in the portion of Dan (Josh. 19:46; A.V., “Japho”), on a sandy promontory between Caesarea and Gaza, and at a distance of 30 miles north-west from Jerusalem. It is one of the oldest towns in Asia. It was and still is the chief sea-port of Judea. It was never wrested from the Phoenicians. It became a Jewish town only in the second century B.C. It was from this port that Jonah “took ship to flee from the presence of the Lord” (Jonah 1:3). To this place also the wood cut in Lebanon by Hiram’s men for Solomon was brought in floats (2 Chr. 2:16); and here the material for the building of the second temple was also landed (Ezra 3:7). At Joppa, in the house of Simon the tanner, “by the sea-side,” Peter resided “many days,” and here, “on the house-top,” he had his “vision of tolerance” (Acts 9:36-43). It bears the modern name of Jaffa, and exibituds all the decrepitude and squalor of cities ruled over by the Turks. “Scarcely any other town has been so often overthrown, sacked, pillaged, burned, and rebuilt.” Its present population is said to be about 16,000. It was taken by the French under Napoleon in 1799, who gave orders for the massacre here of 4,000 prisoners. It is connected with Jerusalem by the only carriage road that exists in the country, and also by a railway completed in 1892. It is noticed on monuments B.C. 1600-1300, and was attacked by Sannacharib B.C. 702.

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Recorded scripture occurrences (14)

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Show passage in OET: JOS 19:46

OET-RV JOS 19:46

46 Mey-Hayarkon, Rakon, and the area opposite Yafo (Joppa).

OET-LV JOS 19:46

46 And_Me- jarkon and_(the)_Rakkon with the_territory opposite _to Yāfō/(Joppa).

Show passage in OET: CH2 2:16

OET-RV CH2 2:16

16 then we’ll cut the trees you need from Levanon and raft them to Yafo (Joppa) by sea. The responsibility of getting them up the hills to Yerushalem (Jerusalem) will be yours.

OET-LV CH2 2:15

15  And_we we _will _cut wood(s) from (the)_Ləⱱānōn according_to _all _of need _of_your and_we_will _bring _them to/for_yourself(m) rafts on the_sea Yāfō/(Joppa) and_you(ms) you _will _take _up DOM_them Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem).

Show passage in OET: JNA 1:3

OET-RV JNA 1:3

3 But Yonah decided to run away from Yahweh so he went down to Yafo (Joppa) and found a ship about to go to Tarshish. He paid the fare and went aboard to go with them to Tarshish to get away from Yahweh.

OET-LV JNA 1:3

3 And_ Yōnāh _he/it _rose _up to_flee to_Tarshiysh from_to/for_face/front/presence YHWH and_he/it _descended Yāfō/(Joppa) and_he _found a _ship which _was_about _to _go Tarshiysh and_he/it _gave fare _of_its and_he/it _descended in_it to_go with_them to_Tarshiysh from_to/for_face/front/presence YHWH.

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