Places
Joppa in Jonah 1
JOP-uh
This place shows up in Jonah 1:3: “But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of Yahweh. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Jonah 1:3
“But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of Yahweh. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid its fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of Yahweh.”
What kids can learn
When you hear joppa in Jonah, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Jonah 1:3 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Jonah 1:3
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
ButJonahroseuptofleetoTarshishfromthepresenceofYahweh.Hewentdowntoandfoundashipgoingtosohepaiditsfare,andwentintoit,togowiththemtoTarshishfromthepresenceofYahweh.