Achshaph

Achshaph (Hebrew: אַכְשָׁף; in LXX Ancient Greek: Άξείφ or Άκσάφ)[1] was a royal city of the Canaanites, in the north of Canaan (Josh.

There are several opinions as to its exact location, including Tell Keisan, Tell Regev,[3] Tell Harbaj and Tell an-Nakhl.

[4] In the Greek Septuagint, in various manuscripts, depending on the passage, its name is given in the forms Azeiph, Achsaph, Achas, Keaph, Achiph, Acheib, and Chasaph.

[7][8] In this time period, the Habiru are attacking city-states, and Abdi-Heba of Jerusalem, Surata of Acco, Šuwardata of Qiltu (?

Its topic is to guard (and defend) Akšapa and to prepare for "troop arrivals"-(the archer-forces).