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
(Numbers 34:4)
It is called "Maaleh-acrabbim" in
(Joshua 15:3) and "the ascent of
Akrabbim" in
(Numbers 34:4)
