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Place

Aphek

city in Asher

City in Asher's allotment from which the Canaanite inhabitants were not driven out, according to Judges 1.

2 appearances2 Bible books1 known aliases

Who or what is this?

A city listed among the towns in the territory assigned to the tribe of Asher ( 19:30). Aphek of Asher appears again in Judges 1:31, where it is recorded that Asher failed to drive out the inhabitants of Aphek and several neighboring towns, leaving the to dwell among them. The city's precise location in the northern coastal plain is uncertain, but it is distinguished from the several other places named Aphek elsewhere in the biblical record.

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