Japhia: 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) born in Jerusalem.
3. A town in the southern boundary of Zebulum
(Joshua 19:12) now Yafa,
2 miles south-west of Nazareth.
