Judges 1:36

Judges 1:36 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.
• New International Version (NIV)The boundary of the Amorites was from Scorpion Pass to Sela and beyond.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the border of the Amorites ran from the ascent of Akrabbim, from Sela and upward.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now the boundary of the Amorites was from the Ascent of Akrabbim, from Sela, and upward.

Context of Judges 1:36

34The Amorites forced the people of Dan to live in the hill country. They did not allow them to live in the coastal plain. 35The Amorites managed to remain in Har Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim. Whenever the tribe of Joseph was strong militarily, the Amorites were forced to do hard labor. The border of Amorite territory ran from the Scorpion Ascent to Sela and on up.

Judges 1:36 word by word

וּגְבוּל֙ הָאֱמֹרִ֔י מִֽמַּעֲלֵ֖ה עַקְרַבִּ֑ים מֵהַסֶּ֖לַע וָמָֽעְלָה׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the coastגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: boundaryH1366
• of the Amoritesאֱמֹרִי'ĕmôrîy · AmoriteH567
• from the going upמַעֲלֶהma‛ăleh · ascentH4608
• to Akrabbimעַקְרַבִּיםma‛ălêh ‛aqrabbîym · AkrabbimH4610
• from the rockסֶ֫לַעsela‛ · rockH5553
• and upwardמַ֫עַלma‛al · aboveH4605

Cross-references for Judges 1:36

• Numbers 34:4and then the border will turn from the south to the Scorpion Ascent, continue to Zin, and then its direction will be from the south to Kadesh Barnea. Then it will go to Hazar Addar and pass over to Azmon.
• Joshua 15:2Their southern border started at the southern tip of the Salt Sea,

Commentaries on Judges 1:36

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 36Akrabbim - 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. We everywhere…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 36The 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 Numbers 20:8-11, near Petra (compare Obadiah 1:3). This leads us to look for “the ascent of…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-36Verses 21-36 The people of Israel were very careless of their duty and interest. Owing to slothfulness and cowardice, they would not be at the pains to complete their conquests. It was also owing to their covetousness: they were willing to let the Canaanites live among them, that they might make advantage of them. They had not the dread and detestation of idolatry they ought to have had. The same unbelief that kept their fathers forty years out of Canaan…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22-36Mentions of Joseph's descendants (Judges 1:22, 35) highlight the northern tribes' failures to remove their enemies.Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 1:36

• Akrabbim
• Amorites
• Israel
• Joktheel

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Commentaries on Judges 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings