Sunday, April 14, 2013

Jaffa

Jaffa


Jaffa was an old Canaanite city and provincial capital during Egypt’s New Kingdom. In Old Testament times it belonged to Dan, but was controlled early by the Philistines . David and Solomon occupied Jaffa and used it as a port to receive timber from Lebanon.


Photo courtesy of Corel



Jaffa

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