 Eusebius, when writing about Eben-ezer in his "Onomasticon", says that it is "the place from which the Gentiles seized the Ark, between Jerusalem and Ascalon, near the village of Bethsamys (Beit Shemesh)," a locale that corresponds with Conder's identification.The historian Josephus mentions a certain tower called "Aphek", not far from Antipatris, and which was burnt by a contingent of Roman soldiers.Antipatris was a city built by Herod the Great, and named in honor of his father, Antipater II of Judea.