Judges 1:36
in Judges 1And the border of the Amorites extended from the Ascent of Akrabbim to Sela and beyond.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.
KJV
And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.
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This verse in Judges 1
Commentary
7 notes on this verseAkrabbim - Of scorpions; probably so called from the number of those animals in that place. From the rock, and upward - The Vulgate understands by סלע sela, a rock, the city Petra, which was the capital of Arabia Petraea. The whole of this chapter appears to be designed as a sort of supplement to those places in the book of Joshua which are referred to in the notes and in the margin; nor is there any thing in it worthy of especial remark.
This site's exposition
The Amorites forced the Danites
on Judges 1:34-36
Dan fails the other way: the Amorites "did not allow them to come down into the plain". That pressure lies behind chapters 17 and 18, where Dan takes Laish in the far north. Shaalbim, written into Dan's inheritance at Joshua 19:42 as Shaalabbin, is held by the house of Joseph.
This site's exposition
from the Ascent of Akrabbim to Sela
Adam Clarke gives Akrabbim the meaning scorpions, probably from the number of them found there. He notes that the Vulgate takes Sela, meaning rock, as the city of Petra. Clarke calls it the capital of Arabia Petraea.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Akrabbim - Which was in the southern part of Canaan, Josh. xv, 2, 3 , from whence it went up towards the north. This is added to shew the great power and large extent of this people.
And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
The same course of subjugation was carried on in the other tribes to a partial extent, and with varying success. Many of the natives, no doubt, during the progress of this exterminating war, saved themselves by flight and became, it is thought, the first colonists in Greece, Italy, and other countries.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The going up to Akrabbim - See the margin and references; properly “the ascent of scorpions,” with which the whole region abounds. The rock - Petra, the capital of Idumea, so called from the mass of precipitous rock which encloses the town, and out of which many of its buildings are excavated. The original word “Selah” is always used of the rock at Kadesh-Barnea Num 20:8-11, near Petra (compare Oba 1:3). This leads us to look for “the ascent of scorpions,” here coupled with סלע הס has-sela‛, in the same neighborhood.
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּגְבוּל֙ | ugevul | and [the] border of | H1366 → | 240 times |
| הָאֱמֹרִ֔י | haemori | the Amorite[s] | H567 → | 87 times |
| מִֽמַּעֲלֵ֖ה | mimaaleh | [was] from [the] ascent of | H4608 → | |
| עַקְרַבִּ֑ים | ʾakrabim | scorpions | H4610 → | |
| מֵהַסֶּ֖לַע | mehasela' | from <the> Sela | H5554 → | |
| וָמָֽעְלָה׃ פ | vamaelah | and up -wards | H4605 → |
וּגְבוּל֙and [the] border of
ugevulH1366 →240 times
הָאֱמֹרִ֔יthe Amorite[s]
haemoriH567 →87 times
מִֽמַּעֲלֵ֖ה[was] from [the] ascent of
mimaalehH4608 →
עַקְרַבִּ֑יםscorpions
ʾakrabimH4610 →
מֵהַסֶּ֖לַעfrom <the> Sela
mehasela'H5554 →
וָמָֽעְלָה׃ פand up -wards
vamaelahH4605 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Numbers 34:4cross south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continue to Zin, and go south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it will go on to Hazar-addar and proceed to Azmon,
it leads to
- Numbers 32:8
This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to inspect the land.
- Joshua 15:3–4
proceeded south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continued on to Zin, went over to the south of Kadesh-barnea, ran past Hezron up to Addar, and curved toward Karka.
- Numbers 13:26
and they went back to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for the whole congregation and showed them the fruit…
- Numbers 34:3
Your southern border will extend from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom. On the east, your southern border will run from the end of the Salt Sea,
- Numbers 20:1
In the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.
- Numbers 32:8
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth.