Judges 1:36

36 The border of the Amorites^[a] [ran] from the ascent of Akrabbim from Sela and upward.

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 pressed the descendants of Dan to the hill country, and they did not allow them to come down to the plain;

35 the Amorites [were] determined to live in Har-heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim, but the hand of the house of Joseph was heavy [on them], and they became [subjected] to forced labor.

36 The border of the Amorites [ran] from the ascent of Akrabbim from Sela and upward.

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew "Amorite"