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Aphik
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The source enumerates 3 distinct subjects under Aphik. Jump to one below, or read in order.
(Judg. 1:31); Aphek (Josh. 13:4; 19:30), stronghold.
Aphik (1)
#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.
Aphik (2)
#A city of the tribe of Issachar, near to Jezreel (1 Sam. 4:1; 29:1; comp. 28:4).
Aphik (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.
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
(strong), a city of Asher from which the Canaanites were not driven out. (Judges 1:31) Probably the same place as Aphek, 2.
In the Bible
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Verses where Aphik is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- Judges 1:31
Asher failed to drive out the inhabitants of Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, and Rehob.
Scripture on Aphik
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Entries that reference Aphik
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Aphik references
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Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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