to the south; all the Canaanite territory, from Arah in the region of Sidon to Aphek, as far as Amorite territory;
The Philistines assembled all their troops at Aphek, while Israel camped at the spring that is in Jezreel.
In the spring Ben Hadad mustered the Syrian army and marched to Aphek to fight Israel.
The remaining 27,000 ran to Aphek and went into the city, but the wall fell on them. Now Ben Hadad ran into the city and hid in an inner room.