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Aphek

Name means “strength; a rapid torrent”Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary: “Aphek, Aphekah, Aphik, strength; a rapid torrent”
First named: Joshua 12:18
Town Canaan Israel Judges
Location uncertain: Several towns named Aphek appear in Scripture; the exact one in view here, where the ark was captured, is generally placed near Philistine territory.
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References: Joshua 12:18

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