the king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;
Parallel translations
- WEB the king of Aphek, one; the king of Lassharon, one;
- KJV The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;
- BSB the king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;
- NASB the king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;
- NLT The king of Aphek The king of Lasharon
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Quick answer
The kings of Aphek and Lassharon are listed among the defeated.
Overview
These central and northern locations show the conquest extending across the region. Aphek appears again in later Israelite history as a battle site (1 Samuel 4). The careful enumeration testifies that no part of the promised land was overlooked in God's provision.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Josh 19:30Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty-two cities with their villages.
- 1 Sam 4:1The word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside Ebenezer; and the Philistines encamped in Aphek.
- Josh 13:4on the south; all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that belongs to the Sidonians, to Aphek, to the border of the Amorites;
- Isa 33:9The land mourns and languishes. Lebanon is confounded and withers away. Sharon is like a desert, and Bashan and Carmel are stripped bare.
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