Not that Aphek in Judah, of which Joshua 13:4 Joshua 15:31; but that in Asher, of which Joshua 19:30 Judges 1:31, nigh unto which was the great plain of Galilee. And this seems to be one of those cities which Ben-hadad's father had taken from Israel, 1 Kings 20:34. Here also the Syrians might retreat, if they should be worsted.
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1 Kings 20:26
26 And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Benhadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fightf against Israel.