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1 Kings 20:26

Ben-hadadAphek

24 So do this: Dismiss all the kings from their positions and replace them with other officers.

25 And you must raise an army like the one you have lost—horse for horse and chariot for chariot—so we can fight the Israelites on the plain, where we will surely prevail.” And the king approved their plan and acted accordingly.

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

27 The Israelites also mobilized, gathered supplies, and marched out to meet them. The Israelites camped before them like two small flocks of goats, while the Arameans covered the countryside.

28 Then the man of God approached the king of Israel and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because the Arameans think the LORD is a god of the hills and not of the valleys, I will deliver all this great army into your hand. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”

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BSB
In the spring, Ben-hadad mobilized the Arameans and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel.
KJV
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.
WEB
At the return of the year, Ben Hadad mustered the Syrians and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel.
ASV
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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
And it was at the return of the year, and Ben-hadad mustered the Aramaeans and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel.
ÅB
Året etter mønstret Benhadad syrerne og dro fram til Afek for å stride mot Israel.
OTB
Da våren kom, samlet Ben-Hadad arameerne og dro opp til Afek for å engasjere Israel i kamp.
B1930
Året efter mønstret Benhadad syrerne og drog frem til Afek for å stride mot Israel.

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  • 2 Kings 13:17

    “Open the east window,” said Elisha. So he opened it and Elisha said, “Shoot!” So he shot. And Elisha declared: “This is the LORD’s arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Aram, for you shall strike the Arameans in Aphek until you have put an end to them.”

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  • 1 Kings 20:22

    Afterward, the prophet approached the king of Israel and said, “Go and strengthen your position, and take note what you must do, for in the spring the king of Aram will come up against you.”

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  • 1 Kings 20:30

    The rest of them fled into the city of Aphek, where the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of the remaining men. Ben-hadad also fled to the city and hid in an inner room.

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  • Joshua 13:4

    to the south, all the land of the Canaanites, from Mearah of the Sidonians to Aphek, as far as the border of the Amorites;

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  • Judges 1:31

    Asher failed to drive out the inhabitants of Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, and Rehob.

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  • 1 Samuel 29:1

    Now the Philistines brought all their forces together at Aphek, while Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel.

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  • 1 Samuel 4:1

    Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped at Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped at Aphek.

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  • Joshua 19:30

    Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob. There were twenty-two cities, along with their villages.

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