Difference between revisions of "Aphek"

<p> '''A'phek.''' ''(strength).'' The name of several places in Palestine. </p> <p> 1. [[A]] royal city of the Canaanites, the king of which was killed by Joshua, &nbsp;Joshua 12:18, probably the same as '''Aphekah''' in &nbsp;Joshua 15:53. </p> <p> 2. [[A]] city, apparently in the extreme north of Asher, &nbsp;Joshua 19:30, from which the [[Canaanites]] were not ejected, &nbsp;Judges 1:31, though here it is '''Aphik''' . This is probably the same place as '''Aphek''' , &nbsp;Joshua 13:4, on the extreme north "border of the Amorites," identified with the [[Aphaca]] of classical times, the modern ''Afka'' . </p> <p> 3. [[A]] place at which the [[Philistines]] encamped while the [[Israelites]] pitched in Eben-ezer, before the fatal battle in which the sons of [[Eli]] were killed and the [[Ark]] was taken. &nbsp;1 Samuel 4:1. This would be somewhere to the northwest of and at no great distance from Jerusalem. </p> <p> 4. The scene of another encampment of the Philistines, before an encounter not less disastrous than that just named, the defeat and death of Saul. &nbsp;1 Samuel 29:1. It is possible that it may be the same place as the preceding. </p> <p> 5. [[A]] city on the military road from Syria to Israel. &nbsp;1 Kings 20:26. It is now found in ''Fik'' , at the head of the ''Wady Fik'' , six miles east of the Sea of Galilee. </p>

<p> '''Aphek''' (''â'fek'' ), ''strength.'' The name of several towns. 1. [[A]] royal city of the Canaanites whose king was slain by Joshua. &nbsp;Joshua 12:18. It was near Hebron, and probably the same as Aphekah. &nbsp;Joshua 15:53. 2. [[A]] city of Asher, &nbsp;Joshua 19:30, in the north of Palestine, near Sidon, &nbsp;Joshua 13:4; supposed to be the same as Aphik, &nbsp;Judges 1:31, and the classical Aphaca, noted in later history for its temple of Venus; now Afka, near Lebanon. 3. [[A]] place where the Philistines encamped before the ark was taken, &nbsp;1 Samuel 4:1, northwest of [[Jerusalem]] and near Shocho, now Belled el-Foka. 4. [[A]] place near Jezreel, in Issachar, where the Philistines were, before defeating Saul, &nbsp;1 Samuel 29:1, and cannot be identified with No. 3, as some have suggested. 5. [[A]] walled city in the plains of Syria, on the road to Damascus. &nbsp;1 Kings 20:26; &nbsp;1 Kings 20:30; &nbsp;2 Kings 13:17. It was about six miles east of the Sea of Galilee; now called Fik. </p>