C. R. Conder identified the Aphek of Eben-Ezer The account in 1 Samuel 4:1 of the battle at Aphek and Eben-ezer with a ruin (Khirbet) some 6 kilometers distant from Dayr Aban (believed to be Eben-Ezer Conder, C. R., Notes from the Memoir, Palestine Exploration Quarterly, vol.