Dict: smith - JAPHIA

smith:

JAPHIA - J>@ - (splended) The boundary of Zebulun ascended from Daberath to Japhia, and thence passed to Gath-hepher. kjv@Joshua:19:12) Yafa , two miles south of Nazareth. ,is not unlikely to be identical with Japhin.

JAPHIA - J>@ - (splendid). King of Lachish at the time of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelites. kjv@Joshua:10:3) (B.C. 1450.) One of the sons of David born to him in Jerusalem. (2 Samuel kjv@5:15; 1Chronicles:3:7 kjv@1Chronicles:14:6) (B.C. 1046.)