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1 Kings 20:26

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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.

And it came to pass at the return {H8666} of the year {H8141}, that Benhadad {H1130} numbered {H6485} the Syrians {H758}, and went up {H5927} to Aphek {H663}, to fight {H4421} against Israel {H3478}.

At the same time the following year, Ben-Hadad mustered the army of Aram and went up to Afek to attack Isra'el.

In the spring, Ben-hadad mobilized the Arameans and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel.

And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben-hadad mustered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.

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Cross-References

  • 2 Kings 13:17 (5 votes)

    And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened [it]. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD'S deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed [them].

  • 1 Kings 20:22 (3 votes)

    ¶ And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.

  • 1 Kings 20:30 (2 votes)

    But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and [there] a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men [that were] left. And Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.

  • Judges 1:31 (2 votes)

    Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob:

  • 1 Samuel 29:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which [is] in Jezreel.

  • Joshua 13:4 (2 votes)

    From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that [is] beside the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites:

  • Joshua 19:30 (2 votes)

    Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages.