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ak-rab´im (once in the King James Version, Acrabbim (); עקרבּי×, ‛akÌ£rabbı̄m, “scorpionsâ€): three times found (; ; ), and always with מעלה, ma‛ăleh, “ascent†or “passâ€; and so “Ascent of the Scorpions,†an ascent at the Southwest point of the Dead Sea and a part of the boundary line between Judah and Edom. At this pass Judas Maccabeus won a victory over the Edomites (1 Macc 5:3), called in the King James Version, Arabattine.