John Gill's Exposition on Joshua 19:46

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And Mejarkon, and Rakkon, etc.] 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, (see Gill on “Jon 1:3”); and where the Apostle Peter resided some time, (see Gill on “<440936>Acts 9:36”); and (see Gill on “<440938>Acts 9:38”). 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 f497 testifies.

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