Akrabbim, called Maaleh-acrabbim, Jos_15:3, which was at the south end of the Salt or Dead Sea.
From the south, or, on the south, i.e. proceeding onward towards the south.
Kadesh-barnea was on the southern part of Canaan, Num_13:17.
Hazar-addar, in Jos_15:3, may seem distinguished into two places, Hezron and Adar, which here are united, because peradventure they were contiguous, or joined together. Or, the village of Addar; and so this is the same place called Adar, Jos_15:3; and for Hezron, that may be another place here omitted, and there supplied for more exactness. Azmon is at the west end of the Mount of Edom.