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Joppa

Facts:

In Bible times, the city of Joppa was an important commercial seaport located on the Mediterranean Sea, south of the Plain of Sharon.

The ancient site of Joppa is the present-day city of Jaffa, which is now part of the city of Tel Aviv.
In the Old Testament, Joppa was the city where Jonah got on a boat going to Tarshish.
In the New Testament, a Christian woman named Tabitha died in Joppa and Peter brought her back to life.

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