Bible Characters & Character Studies
Japhia
First appears at Joshua 10:3
First named in Scripture at Joshua 10:3 — read the chapter.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
splendid. (1.) The king of Lachish, who joined in the confederacy against Joshua (Joshua 10:3), and was defeated and slain. In one of the Amarna tablets he speaks of himself as king of Gezer. Called also Horam (Joshua 10:33). (2.) One of the sons of David (2 Samuel 5:15), bom in Jerusalem. (3.) A town in the southern boundary of Zebulum (Joshua 19:12); now Yafa, 2 miles south-west of Nazareth.
Reading photograph: “Colosseum in Rome, Italy - April 2007” — the Colosseum at dusk — by Diliff, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons — resized.
