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el´tē̇-keÌ„, (×לתּקה, 'eltekÌ£eÌ„h (, ×לתּק×, 'eltekÌ£eÌ„' (); Codex Vaticanus ἈλκαθαÌ, AlkathaÌ; Codex Alexandrinus, ἘλκεθωÌ, Elkethō̇): A place in the territory of Dan named between Ekron and Gibbethon (), and again between Beth-horon and Gibbethon, as given to the Kohathite Levites (). It is probably identical with the Assyrian AltakÌ£u, where Sennacherib (Hexagon prism inscrip.) claims to have defeated the allied armies of the Philistines and the Egyptians. It should probably be sought somewhere East of Ekron. Beit Likia, the place marked Eltekeh on the PEF map, seems a position for such an encounter. It is about 2 1/2 miles Southwest of Beth-horon the Upper.