Editing Akrabbim

'''Akrabbim''' or '''Acrabbim''' ({{langx|he|עקרבים}}, meaning "scorpions") is 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 [[Negev]] desert. [[Scorpion]]s are said to abound in this whole district, and hence the name ({{bibleverse|Num.|34:4}}). It is called "Maaleh-acrabbim" in {{bibleverse|Joshua|15:3}}, and "the ascent of Akrabbim" in {{bibleverse|Num.|34:4}}.

=="Maaleh-acrabbim" in the Book of Judges== 
There is another "Maaleh-acrabbim" mentioned in Judges 1:36, "The Amorite border ran from Maaleh-acrabbim to Sela, and above."   This was the border between the Amorites (Philistines) on the coastal plain and the tribe of Dan in the hills southwest of Ephraim.

==Josephus' "Acrabbene"==
[[Josephus|Flavius Josephus]], in The [[Wars of the Jews]] (ed. William Whiston, A.M.) book 3, section 48, places a [[toparchy]] called [[Aqraba, Nablus|Acrabbene]] at the border between [[Samaria]] and [[Judea]], as the southernmost part of Samaria: "Now as to the country of Samaria, it lies between Judea and [[Galilee]]; it begins at a village that is in the great plain called [[Jenin|Ginea]], and ends at the Acrabbene [[toparchy]], and is entirely of the same nature with Judea; for both countries are made up of hills and valleys, and are moist enough for agriculture, and are very fruitful."

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