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APHEK
1. Canaanite city west of the Jordan River conquered by Israel (Jos 12:18) and later included in Ephraim’s territory. It was located near the source of the Yarkon River in the plain of Sharon. Aphek was later captured by the Philistines (1 Sm 4:1; 29:1). In Roman times Herod the Great rebuilt the city and named it Antipatris, mentioned in Acts 23:31. Its modern name is Ras el-‘Ain.
See also Antipatris.
2. Place in Phoenicia (modern Lebanon) that remained unconquered after Joshua’s campaigns (Jos 13:4). This Aphek was probably located near the source of the river Ibrahim, east of Byblos.
3. Town given to Asher’s tribe in the distribution of conquered cities (Jos 19:30). Asher’s tribe failed to drive out the pagan inhabitants (Jgs 1:31, where it is spelled “Aphik”). Aphek was located on the plain of Acco, at the present site of Tell Kurdaneh near the source of the river Na’main.
4. City east of the Jordan River, on the main highway between Damascus and the valley of Jezreel. The Syrian king Ben-hadad, defeated by King Ahab of Israel, retreated into Aphek, where a falling wall demolished the rest of his army (1 Kgs 20:26, 30). A century later Elisha prophesied to King Joash of Israel that he would defeat the Syrians in the same city (2 Kgs 13:17).