Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Japhia?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Yafa.

First appears in Joshua 19:12 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Yafa.

Japhia is represented in the local geography layer as Yafa. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 19:12 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Nazareth

About 3 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 10 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Galilee

About 25 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 46 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 92 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Japhia today

Travel to Japhia, the modern-day Yafa.

Japhia is commonly identified with Yafa, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Japhia is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Yafa

32.687°N · 35.275°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

1 chapter · 1 verse mention