- ACRABATENE, another Canton of Judæa, upon the frontier of Idumæa, towards the Southern extremity of the Dead Sea. This Canton derives its name from Akrabbim, which in the Vulgate is Num. xxxiv. 4. 1 Macc, v. 3.translated the Staircase of Scorpio. There is mention made of this Acrabatene in the first Book of Maccabees.
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