AKRABBIM ak rab’ im (עַקְרַבִּימ׃֙, scorpions; KJV has MAALEH-ACCRABBIM in Josh 15:3). A mountain pass on the S side of the Dead Sea (Num 34:4; Josh 15:3; Judg 1:36). Identified usually with the modern Neqb es-Safa, but some suggest Umm el-’Aqarab, on the W side of the Dead Sea. At this pass Judas Maccabees defeated the Edomites (1 Macc 5:3), called Arabattine in the KJV, ASV; RSV Akrabattene.