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Aphek
Town or city mentioned in 3 verses of the Bible, most often in 1 Kings.
Where it appears
Key verses
- 1 Kings 20:26 first mention — And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben-hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.
- 1 Kings 20:30 — 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 Ben-hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.
- 2 Kings 13:17 — 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.
Nearby places
- Tiberias 6 km
- Geshur 6 km
- Hammath 8 km
- Kedesh 9 km
- Galilee 11 km
- Lo-debar 11 km
- Capernaum 12 km
- Galilee 13 km
Bible Geocoding Data by OpenBible.info (https://www.openbible.info/geo/), CC BY 4.0. OpenBible.info rates this identification as uncertain; scholars propose other sites. Map: Natural Earth (public domain). Verse text: King James Version.