Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Aphek?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tel Ein Gev.

First appears in 1 Kings 20:26 · 2 books · 2 chapters

Overview

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tel Ein Gev.

Aphek is represented in the local geography layer as Tel Ein Gev. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in 1 Kings 20:26 and is mentioned across 2 books, with 3 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Galilee

About 11 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 28 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 33 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 70 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Damascus

About 102 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Aphek today

Travel to Aphek, the modern-day Tel Ein Gev.

Aphek is commonly identified with Tel Ein Gev, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Aphek is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Tel Ein Gev

32.784°N · 35.637°E

Key passages

Appears in

1 Kings

1 chapter · 2 verse mentions

2 Kings

1 chapter · 1 verse mention