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Giosuè 19:46
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Me-Iarkon e Rakkon col territorio dirimpetto a Iafo.
e Meiarcon, e Raccon, con la contrada che è dirimpetto a Iafo.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
before: or, over against
Japho: or, Joppa, Jonah 1:3, Acts 9:36, Acts 9:43, Acts 10:8
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 2:16 - as much as thou shalt need
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And Mejarkon, and Rakkon,.... Of the two first of these we read no where else.
with the border before Japho; Japho is the same with Joppa, now called at this day Jaffa, a port in the Mediterranean sea, famous for being the place where Jonah took shipping, :-; and where the Apostle Peter resided some time, :-; and
:-. It is not certain whether Joppa itself was in the tribe of Dan, or only on the borders of it; the coast of Dan reached "over against" it, as it may be rendered, and included the villages and little cities that were near it; for such there were, as Josephus b testifies.
b De Bello Jud. l. 3. c. 8. sect. 4.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Japho (the modern Jaffa, or Yafa), elsewhere (see the margin) called Joppa, is often mentioned in the history of the Maccabees and was, as it still is, the leading port of access to Jerusalem both for pilgrims and for merchandise. It is a very ancient town.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Joshua 19:46. Japho. — The place since called Joppa, lying on the Mediterranean, and the chief sea-port, in the possession of the twelve tribes.
