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Aphek

Coastal plain (several places of the name) · Old Testament · 8 verses

Aphek was the name of more than one town in the land, the best known being on the plain near the Philistine border. Another Aphek lay east of the Sea of Galilee. The name appears in Joshua, 1 Samuel, 1 Kings and 1 more in the King James text.

About Aphek

Aphek was the name of more than one town in the land, the best known being on the plain near the Philistine border. Another Aphek lay east of the Sea of Galilee.

Its place in the story

At Aphek the Philistines defeated Israel and captured the ark of God in the days of Eli. The Aphek east of the Sea of Galilee appears in the wars between Israel and Aram in the days of Ahab.

Aphek in Scripture (KJV)

“The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;”
Joshua 12:18 (KJV)
“From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the Sidonians unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites:”
Joshua 13:4 (KJV)
“Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages.”
Joshua 19:30 (KJV)
“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.”
1 Samuel 4:1 (KJV)
“Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel.”
1 Samuel 29:1 (KJV)
“And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Benhadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.”
1 Kings 20:26 (KJV)
“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.”
1 Kings 20:30 (KJV)
“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.”
2 Kings 13:17 (KJV)

Where it leads

The loss of the ark at Aphek shows that God's presence is not a charm to be used, but a holiness to be honored, honored fully in Christ.

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Where is Aphek in the Bible?

Aphek was the name of more than one town in the land, the best known being on the plain near the Philistine border. Another Aphek lay east of the Sea of Galilee. The name appears in Joshua, 1 Samuel, 1 Kings and 1 more in the King James text.

What happened at Aphek?

At Aphek the Philistines defeated Israel and captured the ark of God in the days of Eli. The Aphek east of the Sea of Galilee appears in the wars between Israel and Aram in the days of Ahab.

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