- - , Algemeen, , Eastern border of Judea
Eusebius, Onomasticon 14:7 (ca. 295 A.D.); Jerome 15:7 (ca. 390 A.D.)
Acrabbin (Num 34:4), the border of Judaea to the east, in the lot of Judah.
Josephus, War 3.55 (1st cent. A.D.)
Gophna was the second of those cities, and next to that Acrabatta, after them Thamna, and Lydda, and Emmaus, and Pella, and Idumea, and Engaddi, and Herodium, and Jericho.
- - , Algemeen, , Akrabim, now Akrabittine ('Aqrabah)
Eusebius, Onomasticon 14:7-12 (ca. 295 A.D.); Jerome 15:7-12 (ca. 390 A.D.)
Acrabbin (Num 34:4), the border of Judaea to the east, in the lot of Judah. it is a large village, nine miles from Neapolis to the east when one goes down to the Jordan and Jericho via the so-called Acrabattene. Acrabim in the Scripture is also the border of the Amorites, from which the tribe of Naphtali did not drive out the Canaanites, as is written in the Book of Jugdes (Judg 1:36).
1 Macc 5:3 Judas' War against the Idumeans
But Judas made war on the sons of Esau in Idumea, at Akrabattene, because they kept lying in wait for Israel. He dealt them a heavy blow and humbled them and despoiled them.
Josephus, War 3.55 (1st cent. A.D.)
Gophna was the second of those cities, and next to that Acrabatta, after them Thamna, and Lydda, and Emmaus, and Pella, and Idumea, and Engaddi, and Herodium, and Jericho.