Aphek
Archimandrite Nikifor’s Biblical Encyclopedia
— the name of the following cities: a) (1 Sam. 29:1) a city in the tribe of Issachar, located in the valley of Jezreel, not far from Endor and Gilboa, where Saul and Jonathan fell in battle with the Philistines; b) (Judg. 1:31) a city in the tribe of Asher. At present there is here an insignificant settlement, Afqa, but one of the most beautiful in its location, on one of the terraces of Lebanon, with the ruins of an ancient temple, with a shrine, surrounded by magnificent walnut groves; c) (1 Kings 20:26; 2 Kings 13:17) a city of the same name as the preceding, located six English miles east of the Sea of Galilee.
Here, during the second battle with Ben-hadad, king of Syria, Ahab, king of Israel, won a victory over the Syrians, in which he [Ben-hadad] was taken captive. At present this city is known among the Arabs by the name Fik; d) (Josh. 15:53) one of the hill-country cities of the tribe of Judah, south or southwest of Jerusalem.