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Light. The Battle of Aphek is a biblical episode described in the First Book of Samuel 4:1–10 of the Hebrew Bible. During this battle the Philistines defeated the Israelite army and captured the Ark of the Covenant. Among biblical scholars, the historicity of the early events in the Books of Samuel is debated, with some scholars leaning ...
6,000 cavalry. Total: 48,000 soldiers. Casualties and losses. no reliable estimates, but very light. 60,000 Killed. According to the Hebrew Bible, the Battle of Michmash (alternate spelling, Michmas) was fought between Israelites under Jonathan, son of King Saul and a force of Philistines at Michmash, a town east of Bethel and south of Migron.
The following is a list of battles described in the Bible as having occurred between the Israelites and the Philistines: [74] The Battle of Shephelah [75] Israelites defeated at the Battle of Aphek, Philistines capture the Ark [76] Philistines defeated at the Battle of Eben-Ezer [77]
The town is known by its connection with the Philistine war of Saul and Jonathan, as it was the site of the Battle of Michmash recounted in the Bible. In 1 Samuel 13 ‘And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin, but the Philistines encamped in Michmas.
The Philistine captivity of the Ark was an episode described in the biblical history of the Israelites, in which the Ark of the Covenant was in the possession of the Philistines, who had captured it after defeating the Israelites in a battle at a location between Eben-ezer, where the Israelites encamped, and Aphek (probably Antipatris), where ...
Goliath. David and Goliath, a color lithograph by Osmar Schindler (c. 1888) Goliath (/ ɡəˈlaɪəθ / gə-LY-əth) [a] is a Philistine warrior in the Book of Samuel. Descriptions of Goliath's immense stature vary among biblical sources, with the Masoretic Text describing him as 9 feet 9 inches (2.97 m) tall. [1]
The book of 1 Maccabees archaically refers to the area as the "land of the Philistines" for the same reason as calling the Edomites the "sons of Esau"; the Philistines were long relegated to ancient history, but it made for a Biblical allusion to describe the territory and frame the Maccabee expedition in the language of ancient Jewish heroes ...
Aphek (biblical) Coordinates: 32.0833°N 34.8833°E. The name Aphek or Aphec[1] refers to one of several locations mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the scenes of a number of battles between the Israelites and the Arameans and Philistines: Most famously, a town near which one or more rulers of Damascus named Ben-hadad were defeated by the ...