Aphek
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A city in the lot of Asher (Joshua 13:4 ). The inhabitants were not ejected by Asher, nor is it said that they became tributary (Judges 1:31 ). In this passage it is written 'aphiq (Hebrew). It may be represented by 'Afqa on Nahr Ibrahim, although this is probably farther north than we should expect.
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Aphik
(Judg 1:31 ); Aphek (Josh 13:4 ; 19:30), stronghold.
(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.
(2.) A city of the tribe of Issachar, near to Jezreel (1Sam 4:1 ; 29:1); comp. (1Sam 28:4 ).
(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 (1Kings 20:26; 20:30; 2Kings 13:17). It has been identified with the modern Fik, 6 miles east of the Sea of Galilee, opposite Tiberias.
EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary