Bible Location
Meaning: Aphekah · 3 cross references · Modern-day map available
This Aphek entry refers to the city east of the Jordan near the plain where Aramean forces were defeated. It is important because it appears in the military contests between Israel and Syria in the days of the kings. First appears in 1 Kgs 20:26.1
Place meaning
Aphekah
Coordinates
32.78, 35.70
First appears
1 Kgs 20:26
AI summary: Aphek on this page belongs to the eastern war zone rather than the Philistine gathering place of other Aphek traditions. In Kings it becomes the place where Ben-hadad's army is crushed and where the conflict between Israel and Aram turns dramatically. The cross references present this Aphek as a battle city in the struggle for control east of the Jordan.1
Place meaning
Aphekah
Latitude
32.78
Longitude
35.70
Bible references
3
A town on the road from Damascus to Palestine, in the level plain east of Jordan, near which Benhadad was defeated by the Israelites (1 Kings 20:26, 30; 2 Kings 13:17). It has been identified with the modern Fik, 6 miles east of the Sea of Galilee, opposite Tiberias. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.