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Location. Golan or eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee. Judaean hills. References. Aphek (biblical) Coordinates: 32.0833°N 34.8833°E. The name Aphek or Aphec [1] refers to one of several locations mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the scenes of a number of battles between the Israelites and the Arameans and Philistines :
- Battle of Aphek
The Battle of Aphek is a biblical episode described in the...
- Battle of Aphek
The historian Josephus mentions a certain tower called Aphek, not far from Antipatris, and which was burnt by a contingent of Roman soldiers. Antipatris. Antipatris was a city built by Herod the Great, and named in honor of his father, Antipater II of Judea.
Variant, Aphik ( Judg 1:31 ). A name which appears in widely scattered areas of Pal. 1. A city of the tribal inheritance of Asher taken from the Canaanites ( Josh 19:30; Judg 1:31 ). The tribe was not able to drive out its inhabitants so they dwelt among them.
When Herod the Great became king (37-4 BC), he rebuilt Aphek and named the city Antipatris after his father Antipater. Archaeological work has revealed the city’s Cardo, with shops on both sides of this main street. After Paul’s arrest in Jerusalem, the Romans spirited Paul out of the city to avoid a plot on the apostle’s life ( Acts 23 ).
Aphek, Canaanite royal city near the present-day Israeli city of Petaḥ Tiqwa. Situated near the headwaters of the Yarqon River, the city is the most significant of several places called Aphek (Hebrew ʾafik, “riverbed”) in the Hebrew Bible. Conquered by Joshua (Joshua 12:18), it became a Philistine.
a'-fek ('apheq, "fortress"; Aphek): (1) In Joshua 12:18 we should probably read with the Septuagint "the king of Aphek in Sharon." This may correspond to Aphek in 1 Samuel 4:1. It was a royal city of the Canaanites whose king was slain by Joshua. Probably it is the Aphek mentioned by Josephus as being near to Antipatris (BJ, II, xix, 1).
