Aphek
a'-fek ('apheq, "fortress"; Aphek):
(1) In Josh 12:18 we should probably read with the
Septuagint "the king of Aphek in Sharon." This may
correspond to Aphek in 1 Sam 4:1. It was a royal city of the
Canaanites whose king was slain by Josh. Probably it is the
Aphek mentioned by Josephus as being near to Antipatris (BJ,
II, xix, 1). Kakon, a str...
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1. A city of the tribe of Asher
Jos 19:30
Called APHIK
Jud 1:31
-2. A city of the tribe of Issachar
Philistines defeat Israelites at
1Sa 4:1-11
Saul killed at
1Sa 29:1
Probably the same city as mentioned in Joshua as a royal
city of the Canaanites
Jos 12:18
-3. A city between Damascus and Israel
Ben-hadad defeated at
1Ki 20:26-30...
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(strength), the name of several places in Israel.
1. A royal city of the Canaanites, the king of which
was killed by Joshua, Jos 12:18 probably the same as APHEKAH
in
Jos 15:53
2. A city, apparently in the extreme north of Asher,
Jos 19:30 from which the Canaanites were not ejected, Jud
1:31 though here it is APHIK. This is probably the same...
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(Judg. 1:31); Aphek (Josh. 13:4; 19:30), stronghold. (1.) A
city
of the tribe of Asher. It was the scene of the
licentious
worship of the Syrian Aphrodite. The ruins of the
temple,
"magnificent ruins" in a "spot of strange wildness
and beauty",
are still seen at Afka, on the north-west slopes of
Lebanon,
near the source of the river Adoni...
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("strength".)
1. Same as Aphekah (Joshua 15:58). A Canaanite royal
city, the king of which was killed by Joshua (Joshua 12:18).
2. In the extreme N. of Asher (Joshua 19:30). The
Aphik from which the Canaanites were not expelled (Judges
1:31). Probably too the Aphek on the N." border of the
Amorites" (Joshua 13:4-5), the Aphaca of the classi...
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And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out
against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside
Ebenezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek....
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And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened [it].
Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow
of the LORD'S deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from
Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou
have consumed [them]....
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The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;...
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But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and [there] a wall
fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men [that were]
left. And Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner
chamber....
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