Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, including the territory across from Joppa.
Parallel translations
- WEB Me Jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border over against Joppa.
- KJV And Mejarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho.
- ESV and Me-jarkon and Rakkon with the territory over against Joppa.
- NKJV Me Jarkon, and Rakkon, with the region near Joppa.
- NASB Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the territory opposite Joppa.
- NLT Me-jarkon, Rakkon, and the territory across from Joppa.
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Quick answer
Me Jarkon and Rakkon, with the border facing Joppa, mark Dan's coastal edge. The territory reached the Mediterranean near the port of Joppa.
Overview
Joppa, Israel's chief natural harbor, lay on the border of Dan's allotment. This coastal reach was part of the ideal inheritance, though the Philistine pressure limited Dan's hold on it. Joppa would later figure in Scripture as the port from which Jonah fled and where Peter received his vision opening the gospel to the Gentiles (Acts 10).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Acts 9:43And Peter stayed for several days in Joppa with a tanner named Simon.
- Jonah 1:3Jonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to sail for Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.
- Acts 10:8He explained what had happened and sent them to Joppa.
- 2 Chr 2:16We will cut logs from Lebanon, as many as you need, and we will float them to you as rafts by sea down to Joppa. Then you can take them up to Jerusalem.”
- Acts 9:36In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which is translated as Dorcas), who was always occupied with works of kindness and charity.
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