Judges 1:36

36 North of Sela, the Edomite ^[a] border ran through Akrabbim Pass.

Judges 1:36 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 1:36

And the coast of the Amorites [was] from the going up to
Akrabbim Of which (See Gill on Numbers 34:4) and (See Gill on Joshua 15:3):

from the rock, and upwards;
even from the city Petra in Idumea, and beyond that; and there was a country near Idumea, called Acrabatane, from this mountain Akrabbim,

``Then Judas fought against the children of Esau in Idumea at Arabattine, because they besieged Gael: and he gave them a great overthrow, and abated their courage, and took their spoils.'' (1 Maccabees 5:3)

such was the extent of these people, that their coast reached from the places, mentioned to the mountains where the above cities of Dan were; they were the most powerful people among the Canaanites, and lay on both sides of Jordan, and were very troublesome to Israel, yet were at length destroyed, ( Amos 2:9 ) .

Judges 1:36 In-Context

34 The Amorites forced the people of the tribe of Dan into the hill country and did not let them come down to the plain.

35 The Amorites continued to live at Aijalon, Shaalbim, and Mount Heres, but the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh kept them under their rule and forced them to work for them.

36 North of Sela, the Edomite border ran through Akrabbim Pass.

Footnotes

• [a]. [One ancient translation] Edomite; [Hebrew] Amorite.