Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Aphek?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Afqa.

First appears in Joshua 13:4 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Afqa.

Aphek is represented in the local geography layer as Afqa. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 13:4 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Damascus

About 73 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Galilee

About 149 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 154 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 162 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 209 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 Afqa.

Aphek is commonly identified with Afqa, 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

Afqa

34.069°N · 35.886°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

1 chapter · 1 verse mention