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Achshaph

 
Bible Guide: Achshaph

The seat of one of the Canaanite kings who, in response to the call of Jabin, king of Hazor, came together with their armies at the waters of Merom to fight the Israelites (Josh 11:1-5). The king of Achshaph was killed during the ensuing battle and his city was later included in the territory allotted to the tribe of Asher (Josh 19:24-25). Achshaph is believed to have been situated a short distance southeast of Acco, being located either at Tell Keisan or Tell el Harbaj (Tell Regev).

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Josh 11:1; 12:20; 19:25


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Achshaph (ăk'shăf), in the Bible, town of N ancient Palestine, taken by Joshua.


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Achshaph - "fascination", a royal city of the Canaanites, in the north of Canaan (Josh. 11:1; 12:20; 19:25). It was in the eastern boundary of the tribe of Asher, and is identified with the modern ruined village of Kesaf or Yasif, northeast of Acre.

1350 BC Akšapa--Amarna letters

The 1350 BC Amarna letters has Endaruta as the 'mayor' of Akšapa (Achshaph). In this time period, the Habiru-rebels are attacking city-states, and Abdi-Heba of Jerusalem, Surata of Acco, Šuwardata of Qiltu (?), and Endaruta are aiding each other.

Only one extremely short letter–EA 223 (EA-el Amarna) is written from Endaruta of Akšapa, and it is a one sentence topic: [following a short 3-sentence formal-formulaic introduction] ... "Whatever the king (i.e. pharaoh), my lord, orders, I shall prepare."

But one perfectly preserved letter from Pharaoh, to Endaruta of Akšapa is known, EA 367. Its topic is to guard (and defend) Akšapa and to prepare for "troop arrivals"-(the archer-forces).

The third and only other reference in the Amarna letters corpus is from letter EA 366 (from Šuwardata of Qiltu (?)), and the letter states:

"...only 'Abdi-Heba and I have been at war with that 'Apiru. Surata, the ruler of Akka, and Endaruta, the ruler of Akšapa, these two also came to my aid, ..."

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This article incorporates text from the public domain Easton's Bible Dictionary, originally published in 1897.

Coordinates: 32°57′07″N 35°10′26″E / 32.951811°N 35.173835°E / 32.951811; 35.173835



 
 
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