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La Riveduta Bibbia
1 Re 20:26
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Lanno seguente Ben-Hadad pass in rassegna i Siri e sal verso Afek per combattere con Israele.
E l’anno seguente, Ben-hadad fece la rassegna de’ Siri, e salì in Afec, per guerreggiare contro ad Israele.
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
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. 1 Kings 20:30, Joshua 13:4, Joshua 19:30, Judges 1:31, Aphik, 1 Samuel 4:1, 1 Samuel 29:1, 2 Kings 13:17
to fight against Israel: Heb. to the war with Israel
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 11:1 - after the year 1 Kings 20:22 - at the return 1 Chronicles 20:1 - after the year was expired 2 Chronicles 24:23 - at the end
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And it came to pass at the return of the year,.... In the spring, or autumn, as some think, :-
that Benhadad numbered the Syrians; took a muster of his army, to see if he had got the number he had before:
and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel; not that in Judah, Joshua 15:53, rather that in Asher, Joshua 19:30, but it seems to be that which Adrichomius l places in Issachar, near to the famous camp of Esdraelon, or valley of Jezreel, where it is probable the king of Syria intended to have fought; the battle; and some travellers, as he observes, say m, the ruins of that city are still shown in that great camp or plain, not far from Gilboa, to the east of Mount Carmel, and five miles from Tabor; according to Bunting n, it was fourteen miles from Samaria; but it may be Aphaca near Mount Lebanon, and the river Adonis o, is meant.
l Theatrum Terrae Sanct. p. 35. m Brocard. & Breidenbach. in ib. n Travels, &c. p. 164. o Vid. Sozomen. Hist. l. 2. c. 5.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Aphek - There were several places of this name in Palestine (see the marginal reference). This Aphek has been almost certainly identified with the modern Fik, a large village on the present high road from Damascus to Nablous and Jersalem. The expression âwent up to Aphekâ is appropriate, for Fik, though in a level country, is at a much higher elevation than Damascus.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 26. Ben-hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek — There were several towns of this name; see the notes on Joshua 12:18. It is supposed that the town mentioned here was situated in Libanus, upon the river Adonis, between Heliopolis and Biblos.
