Joshua 12:18

“The king of Aphek, one, etc.] There was a place called Aphekah in the tribe of Judah, (<061553>Joshua 15:53); and an Aphek that was on the border of the Amorites, (<061304>Joshua 13:4); and another in the tribe of Asher, (<061930>Joshua 19:30); but Adrichomius f260 places this Aphek in the tribe of Issachar, whose king Joshua smote, and takes it to be the same place where the Philistines in the times of Samuel and David brought their armies against Israel, (<090401>1 Samuel 4:1 29:1); and where the king of Syria fought against Israel, (<112026>1 Kings 20:26); and says that its ruins were now shown in the great plain not far from Gilboa to the east of Mount Carmel, and five miles from Tabor:…”

“The names of the kings are given in the order of their actual encounter with Joshua. Those enumerated in Joshua 12:10-18 either belonged to the league of the southern Canaanites (Joshua 10:1 ff), the power of which was broken in the battle of Beth-horon, or were at any rate conquered in the campaign following that battle. Those mentioned in Joshua 12:19-24 were in like manner connected with the northern confederates (Joshua 11:1 ff), who were defeated at the Waters of Merom. Joshua 12:13-20 The identification of several of these places is still uncertain: the same name (e. g. Aphek, Joshua 12:18) being applied to various places in various parts of Palestine. Geder, or Gedor Joshua 15:58, a…”

“Aphek: Jos 19:30; Sa1 4:1 Lasharon: or, Sharon, Isa 33:9 Joshua 12:19”