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JewishEncyclopedia.com - AKRABBIM |
 | | Though it is not possible to identify it absolutely with any particular pass, the suggestion that it is identical with the Nakb-el-Safa has two points in its favor; viz., (1) the evident antiquity of the pass, and (2) the traces of a path cut in the rock (Robinson, "Researches," ii. |
 | | Akrabbim may, however, be the Nakb-el-Yemen, which lies farther to the west, but is apparently an easier road (Trumbull, "Kadesh-Barnea," plate III.). |
 | | From this pass the surrounding region derived the name of Akrabattene (Josephus, "Ant." xii. |
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