City

Aphek

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Name means
Aphekah, Aphik, strength; a rapid torrent
Location
32.778°N, 35.699°E
Mentioned
3 verses

About Aphek

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.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

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Every mention

1 Kings 20:26, 20:30
2 Kings 13:17

Places: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0), with locations from OpenBible.info. Many ancient sites are uncertain.