Aphek
Aphek
Meaning - stronghold; fortress
There are three places mentioned in the Bible with this name.
(1.) A town on the road from Damascus to Palestine, in the level plain east of Jordan, near which Benhadad was defeated by the Israelites (1 Kings 20:26, 30; 2 Kings 13:17). It has been identified with the modern Fik, 6 miles east of the Sea of Galilee, opposite Tiberias.
(2.) A city of the tribe of Asher where the Syrian Aphrodite was worshiped. The ruins of the temple, can still be seen at Afka, on the north-west slopes of Lebanon, near the source of the river Adonis (now Nahr Ibrahim), 12 miles east of Gebal.
(3.) A city of the tribe of Issachar, near to Jezreel (1 Sam. 4:1; 29:1; comp. 28:4).
Scriptures
Jos_12:18
Jos_13:4
Jos_19:30
1Sa_4:1
1Sa_29:1
1Ki_20:26
1Ki_20:30
2Ki_13:17
Last Updated 01-24-2008
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