LASHARON lă shâr’ ən (לַשָּׁרֹ֖ון). A royal city of the Canaanites taken by Joshua (KJV, Josh 12:18; RSV LASHARON). LXXB reads here “the king of Aphek in Sharon,” and this is likely correct. The word may not be the name of a city, but part of a phrase, distinguishing this from other Apheks.