26<\/strong>. numbered<\/em> ] R.V. mustered<\/strong>, and so in the next verse. See above on 1Ki 20:15<\/span>.<\/p>\n up to Aphek<\/em> ] There were several places of this name. One was at the foot of Lebanon, in the tribe of Asher (see Jos 13:4<\/span>; Jos 19:30<\/span>). Another was in the hill country on the east of the sea of Galilee. But as Ben-hadad’s policy was to fight in the plain, the Aphek here intended must be the city of that name which lay in the plain of Jezreel. On the fitness of this place for a large encampment cf. 1Sa 29:1<\/span>.<\/p>\n Aphek – <\/B>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 went up to Aphek is appropriate, for Fik, though in a level country, is at a much higher elevation than Damascus.<\/P><\/p>\n Verse 26. Ben-hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek<\/B><\/I>] There were several towns of this name; see the notes on Jos 12:18<\/span>. It is supposed that the town mentioned here was situated in Libanus, upon the river Adonis<\/I>, between Heliopolis<\/I> and Biblos<\/I>.<\/P> <\/p>\n Not that Aphek<\/I> in Judah, of which Jos 13:4<\/span>; Jos 15:31<\/span>; but that in Asher, of which Jos 19:30<\/span>; Jdg 1:31<\/span>, nigh unto which was the great plain of Galilee. And this seems to be one of those cities which Ben-hadads father had taken from Israel, 1Ki 20:34<\/span>. Here also the Syrians might retreat, if they should be worsted. <\/P> <\/p>\n And it came to pass at the return of the year<\/strong>,…. In the spring, or autumn, as some think, [See comments on 2Sa 11:1]<\/span><\/p>\n that Benhadad numbered the Syrians<\/strong>; took a muster of his army, to see if he had got the number he had before:<\/p>\n and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel<\/strong>; not that in Judah, Jos 15:53<\/span>, rather that in Asher, Jos 19:30<\/span>, 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.<\/p>\n l Theatrum Terrae Sanct. p. 35. m Brocard. & Breidenbach. in ib. n Travels, &c. p. 164. o Vid. Sozomen. Hist. l. 2. c. 5.<\/p>\n With the new year (see 1Ki 20:22<\/span>) Benhadad advanced to Aphek again to fight against Israel. Aphek<\/em> is neither the city of that name in the tribe of Asher (Jos 19:30<\/span> and Jos 13:4<\/span>), nor that on the mountains of Judah (Jos 15:53<\/span>), but the city in the plain of Jezreel not far from Endor (1Sa 29:1<\/span> compared with 1Sa 28:4<\/span>); since Benhadad had resolved that this time he would fight against Israel in the plain.<\/p>\n (26) Aphek.<\/strong>The name, signifying simply a fortress, as applied to several different places. There are two places which suit well enough with the Aphek of this passage and 2Ki. 13:17<\/span>, as being a battlefield in the plain country between Israel and Syria. One is the Aphek of 1Sa. 29:1<\/span>, evidently in the plain of Esdraelon; the other a place on the road to Damascus, about six miles east of the Sea of Galilee.<\/p>\n 26<\/strong>. <\/strong> Aphek <\/strong> Many suppose this to have been at the modern Fik, <\/em> a little to the east of the Sea of Galilee; but Keil observes: “This Aphek lies not only very high, but has also a very difficult mountain pass, where the Syrians, who feared the hill-gods of the Israelites, would not have come to an engagement with them. If we reflect, besides, that the Syrians had advanced the first time as far as Samaria, we cannot doubt that this time they advanced as far as the Aphek known by the victory over Saul in the plain of Esdraelon.” 1Sa 29:1<\/span>.<\/p>\n 1Ki 20:26 And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Benhadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.<\/p>\n Ver. 26. And went up to Aphek.<\/strong> ] Which was, saith Lyra, a strong city in Asher, taken from the Israelites by the Syrians, before which lay a great plain of the same name; famous for many great battles there fought. Benhadad chose to fight here, that if he were worsted, he might repair to it for refuge. But how reckless was Pompey, who, when to fight with Caesar, that great soldier and conqueror, never considered into what place he were best to retire if he lost the day, as indeed he did, and no wonder.<\/p>\n Aphek. Probably east of the Sea of Galilee. <\/p>\n 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. 1Ki 20:30, Jos 13:4, Jos 19:30, Jdg 1:31, Aphik, 1Sa 4:1, 1Sa 29:1, 2Ki 13:17 <\/p>\n to fight against Israel: Heb. to the war with Israel <\/p>\n Reciprocal: 2Sa 11:1 – after the year 1Ki 20:22 – at the return 1Ch 20:1 – after the year was expired 2Ch 24:23 – at the end<\/p>\n 1Ki 20:26-27. Ben-hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek <\/p>\n A city in the tribe of Asher; which, it is probable, was one of those that Ben-hadads father had taken from the king of Israel, (1Ki 20:34,) not far from which was the plain of Galilee, where he intended to fight. And the children of Israel went against them Being encouraged by the remembrance of their former success, and an expectation of assistance from God. And pitched before them Probably upon some hilly ground where they might secure themselves, and watch for advantage against their enemies; which might be the reason why the Syrians durst not assault them before the seventh day, 1Ki 20:29. Like two little flocks of kids Few and weak; being also, for convenience of fighting, and that they might seem more than they were, divided into two bodies.<\/p>\n God’s deliverance of Israel 20:26-30<\/span><\/p>\n The battle of Aphek (873 B.C.) took place on the tableland east of the Sea of Chinnereth (Galilee), the modern Golan Heights. This was not the same Aphek where Saul battled the Philistines (1Sa 4:1; 1Sa 29:1). The Arameans greatly outnumbered Israel (1Ki 20:27), but God promised Ahab victory so he and all Israel, as well as the Arameans, would know that Yahweh was the true God (1Ki 20:28). God enabled the soldiers of Israel to defeat their enemy (1Ki 20:29), but He also used supernatural means to assist them (1Ki 20:30; cf. Joshua 6; et al.). One hundred casualties a day in ancient warfare was considered heavy, [Note: Wiseman, p. 178.] <\/span> but God gave His people 100 times that number that day.<\/p>\n "The striking parallels to the conquest of Jericho, as the interval of seven days before the battle and the falling of the city walls, clearly identified the battles at Samaria and Aphek as holy war." [Note: Rice, p. 172.] <\/span><\/p>\n And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben-hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel. 26. numbered ] R.V. mustered, and so in the next verse. See above on 1Ki 20:15. up to Aphek ] There were several places of this name. 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