Aphek (2)
Aphek is a settlement mentioned in 3 verses. Its most likely location is Tel Ein Gev. The name means “Aphekah, Aphik, strength; a rapid torrent.”
Where is Aphek?
Approx. 32.7837, 35.6373 · OpenStreetMap · Google Maps
Possible modern locations
| Identification | Type | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tel Ein Gev | settlement | Medium |
| Fiq | settlement | Medium |
| Tell Soreg | settlement | Low |
Aphek in the Bible dictionary
A city of the tribe of Asher. It was the scene of the licentious worship of the Syrian Aphrodite. The ruins of the temple, “magnificent ruins” in a “spot of strange wildness and beauty”, are still 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.
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Verses that mention Aphek
- 1 Kings 20:26
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.