Jos 13:4, 19:30, Judg 1:31, 1Ki 20:30 | TSK | STEP | the land of. Mearah. or, the cave. Aphek.This is probably the Aphek spoken of in 1 Ki 20:26. 2 Ki 13:18, as the capital of the kings of Syria; and the same as is mentioned by Sozomen, Eusebius, and Theophanes, as situated near the river Adonis (now Nahr Ibrahim,) between Heliopolis and Byblos, and celebrated for the infamous temple of Venus the Aphacite. The village Afka, situated in the bottom of a valley, and hour and three quarters from Akoura, and three hours' distance from Lake Liemoun, is supposed to occupy its site. Burckhardt, however, could not hear of any remains of antiquity in it neighbourhood. the Amorites.

‏ Joshua 13:4

the land of.

Mearah. or, the cave. Aphek.This is probably the Aphek spoken of in 1 Ki 20:26. 2 Ki 13:18, as the capital of the kings of Syria; and the same as is mentioned by Sozomen, Eusebius, and Theophanes, as situated near the river Adonis (now Nahr Ibrahim,) between Heliopolis and Byblos, and celebrated for the infamous temple of Venus the Aphacite. The village Afka, situated in the bottom of a valley, and hour and three quarters from Akoura, and three hours' distance from Lake Liemoun, is supposed to occupy its site. Burckhardt, however, could not hear of any remains of antiquity in it neighbourhood.

19:30; 1Sa 4:1

the Amorites.

Jud 1:34-36

‏ Joshua 19:30

Aphek.

12:18; 13:4; 1Sa 4:1; 1Ki 20:30

Rehob.

28; 21:31; Nu 13:11

‏ Judges 1:31

Asher.

Jos 19:24-30

Accho.Accho, the Ptolemais of the Greeks and Romans, and called Saint John of Acre by the Crusaders, is situated on the Mediterranean, in a fine plain, at the north angle of a bay to which it gives name, and which extends in a semicircle of three leagues as far as Carmel, and nine leagues from Tyre.

Zidon.Another celebrated city of Phoenicia, now Saidè, situated in a fine country on the Mediterranean, 400 stadia from Berytus, and 200 (north) from Tyre, according to Strabo, one day's journey from Paneas, according to Josephus, and sixty-six miles from Damascus, according to Abulfeda.

Achzib.Or, Ecdippa, now Zib, nine miles north, from Accho.

‏ 1 Kings 20:30

the rest.

Ps 18:25

a wall.

Isa 24:18; Jer 48:44; Am 2:14,15; 5:19; 9:3; Lu 13:4

fled.

10,20; Da 4:37

into an inner chamber. or, from chamber to chamber. Heb.into a chamber within a chamber.

22:25; 2Ch 18:24