“Now, Sir, you offered to give us wheat, barley, oil, and wine. Give those things to my servants.
Joshua 19:46 - Easy To Read Version Me Jarkon, Rakkon, and the area near Joppa. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the territory before Joppa. American Standard Version (1901) and Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border over against Joppa. Common English Bible Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, along with the territory opposite Joppa. Catholic Public Domain Version and Mejarkon and Rakkon, with a border that looks toward Joppa, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Mejarcon and Arecon, with the border that looketh towards Joppe, |
“Now, Sir, you offered to give us wheat, barley, oil, and wine. Give those things to my servants.
And we will cut wood from the country of Lebanon. We will cut as much wood as you need. We will tie the logs together and float them by sea to the town of Joppa. Then you can carry the wood to Jerusalem.”
\{Jonah did not want to obey God,\} so Jonah tried to run away from the Lord. Jonah went to Joppa. {\cf2\super [3]} Jonah found a boat that was going to the faraway city of Tarshish. {\cf2\super [4]} Jonah paid money for the trip and went on the boat. Jonah wanted to travel with the people on this boat to Tarshish and run away from the Lord.
Cornelius explained everything to these three men. Then he sent them to Joppa.
In the city of Joppa there was a follower \{of Jesus\} named Tabitha. (Her Greek name, Dorcas, means “a deer.”) She always did good things for people. She always gave money to people that needed it.
The followers in Joppa heard that Peter was in Lydda. (Lydda is near Joppa.) So they sent two men to Peter. They begged him, “Hurry, please come quickly!”
People everywhere in Joppa learned about this. Many of these people believed in the Lord (Jesus).
Peter stayed in Joppa for many days. He stayed with a man named Simon who was a leatherworker. {\cf2\super [200]}
But the people of Dan had trouble taking their land. There were strong enemies there and the people of Dan could not easily defeat them. So the people of Dan went {to the northern part of Israel} and fought against Laish [68] They defeated Laish and killed the people who lived there. So the people of Dan lived in the town of Laish. They changed the name to Dan because that was the name of the father of their family group.