ARKITE, THE [smith]
from
Arka , one of the families of the Canaanites, (
Genesis 10:17;
1 Chronicles 1:16) and from the context evidently located in the north of Phoenicia. The site which now bears the name of
?Arka lies on the coast, 2 to 2 1/2 hours from the shore, about 12 miles north of Tripoli and 5 south of the
Nahr el-Kebir .