AKRABBIM
Scorpions, A point in the frontier line of the promised land, Judges 1:36, and in a region infested with serpents and scorpions, Deuteronomy 8:15. It is to be found probably in the mountains near the Dead Sea, on its southwest side. In Joshua 15:3, it is translated Maalehakrabbim, the ascent of Akrabbim.