Aphek
Town · today Tell Ras el Ain
Location well established About 45 km (29 miles) northwest of Jerusalem
Antipatris in the Bible Dictionary · Another Aphek (town · Joshua 19:30) · Another Aphek (town · 1 Kings 20:26) · Another Aphek (town · Joshua 13:4)
Named in 4 Verses
- Joshua 12:18 The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;
- 1 Samuel 4:1 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 29:1 Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel.
- Acts 23:31 Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris.
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