Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on 1 Kings 20:26

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Aphek: Supposed to be the Aphek near the river Adonis, between Heliopolis and Biblos, and probably the same place that Paul Lucas mentions in his Voyage to the Levant. It was swallowed up by an earthquake, and formed a lake about nine miles in circumference, in which he says there were several houses still to be seen entire, under the water. Kg1 20:30; Jos 13:4, Jos 19:30; Jdg 1:31, Aphik, Sa1 4:1, Sa1 29:1; Kg2 13:17 to fight against Israel: Heb. to the war with Israel 3 Kings (1 Kings) 20:27

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