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"At the return of the year, Ben Hadad mustered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel."
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The name belongs to several strategic cities in Israel and Syria where armies clashed. In Joshua's conquest, Aphek lay in the north; in 1 Samuel, another Aphek hosted Philistine gatherings against Israel, while Elisha prophesied victory for Israel's king against Syria's forces there. These distinct sites share a name linked to springs or water sources, each marking a place where Israel's fate turned.
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