Akrabbim

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Akrabbim
     scorpions, probably the general name given to the ridge
     containing the pass between the south of the Dead Sea and Zin,
     es-Sufah, by which there is an ascent to the level of the land
     of Palestine. Scorpions are said to abound in this whole
     district, and hence the name (Num. 34:4). It is called


     "Maaleh-acrabbim" in Josh. 15:3, and "the ascent of Akrabbim" in
     Num. 34:4.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Akrabbim, scorpions