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Akrabbim
Scorpions, probably the general name given to the ridge containing the pass between the south of the Dead Sea and Zin, es-Sufah, by which there is an ascent to the level of the land of Palestine. Scorpions are said to abound in this whole district, and hence the name (Num 34:4). It is called “Maaleh-acrabbim” in Josh 15:3, and “the ascent of Akrabbim” in Num 34:4.
Named in the Bible
2 verses
- Numbers 34:4 And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadeshbarnea, and shall go on to Hazaraddar, and pass on to Azmon:
- Judges 1:36 And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
