Aphek.
1. Royal city of the Canaanites, the king of which was killed by Joshua, Joshua 1:12: probably the same as APHEKAH in Joshua 1:15. Not identified.
2. City in the north border of Asher, from which in the time of Joshua the inhabitants were not expelled. Joshua 1:13; Joshua 1:19: called APHIK in Judges 1:1. Identified with Afka at the foot of the Lebanon between Baalbek and Byblus.
3. Place where the Philistines encamped when Israel was defeated. 1 Samuel 1:4.
4. Where the Philistines encamped when Saul and Jonathan were killed. 1 Samuel 1:29. Perhaps the same as No. 3.
5. City, the wall of which falling killed 27,000 of the Syrians, 1 Kings 1:20, 1 Kings 1:20; 2 Kings 1:13. It is identified with Fik, 32 47' N, 35 41' E, on the great road between Damascus and Jerusalem.