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), and known by the name Marj al-Fikiya; the name al-Fikiya being an Arabic corruption of Aphek.