Joshua 12:18
the king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;
BSB
ASV
the king of Aphek, one; the king of Lassharon, one;
KJV
The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;
Aphek - There were several cities of this name: one in the tribe of Asher, Jos 19:30, another in the tribe of Judah, 1Sa 4:1; 1Sa 29:1; and a third in Syria, 1Ki 20:26, and 2Ki 13:17. Which of the two former is here intended cannot be ascertained. Lasharon - There is no city of this name known. Some consider the ל lamed in the word לשרון lashsharon to be the sign of the genitive case, and in this sense it appears to have been understood by the Vulgate, which translates rex Saron, the king of Sharon.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Joshua 13:4to 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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Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob. There were twenty-two cities, along with their villages.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
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.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
The Amorites forced the Danites into the hill country and did not allow them to come down into the plain.
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1 Samuel 4:1Thus 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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Now the Philistines brought all their forces together at Aphek, while Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel.
After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod,
Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”
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Isaiah 33:9The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
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It will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the…
Sharon will become a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a resting place for herds, for My people who seek Me.