Judges Chapter 1 verse 36 Holy Bible

ASV Judges 1:36

And the border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.
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BBE Judges 1:36

And the limit of the Edomites went from the slope of Akrabbim from Sela and up.
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DARBY Judges 1:36

And the border of the Amorites ran from the ascent of Akrab'bim, from Sela and upward.
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KJV Judges 1:36

And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.
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WBT Judges 1:36

And the border of the Amorites was from the ascent to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.
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WEB Judges 1:36

The border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.
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YLT Judges 1:36

and the border of the Amorite `is' from the ascent of Akrabbim, from the rock and upward.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 36. - The going up to Akrabbim. See Joshua 15:3, Maaleh-acrabbim. In Numbers 34:4 "the ascent of Akrabbim." The whole name, put into English, is "the ascent, or going up, of Scorpions," a mountain pass so called from the abundance of scorpions found in the whole region. The exact locality is uncertain, but it is thought to be the pass El-Safeh, immediately to the south of the Dead Sea. The neighbourhood to Mount Hor and Petra is indicated by its connection here with "the rock," in Hebrew has-selah, which is the distinctive name of the rocks or cliffs on which Petra is built, and the name of Petra (the rock) itself. Speaking roughly, a line drawn westward from El-Safeh to the Mediterranean Sea, near the "river of Egypt," formed the southern boundary, of Judah, and of the Amorites whom they displaced. The battle with the Amorites (Deuteronomy 1:44), in which the Israelites were discomfited and pursued, is thought to have been at El-Safeh.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(36) The coast of the Amorites.--This notice is added to account for the obstinate resistance of the Amorites, by showing the extent of their domain, which reached far to the south of Petra. Hazezon Tamar, "the sanctuary of the palm," afterwards called Engedi, "the goat's fountain," belonged to them (Genesis 14:7; 2Chronicles 20:2; Tristram, Land of Israel, p. 784). Another opinion given is, that the verse is added to sum up the chapter, by showing that neither the northern, eastern, nor western boundaries were thoroughly secured, but only that of the southern tribes.From the going up to Akrabbim.--The same as Maaleh Akrabbim (Joshua 15:3), and "the ascent of scorpions" (Numbers 34:4), probably the Wady-es-Zuweirah (De Saulcy, La Terre Sainte, i. 528), where scorpions abound to this day under every stone; or the Wady-es-Sufah. Robinson supposes it to be the line of rocks which crosses the Jordan valley at right angles, eleven miles south of the Dead Sea (Bibl. Res. Ii. 120). It is the Akrabattine of 1 Maccabees 5:3. It formed the southern boundary of the Holy Land, being a wall of cliffs which separates the Jordan valley from the wilderness. . . .