Joshua 15:3

Verse Joshua 15:3. Maaleh-acrabbim] The ascent of the Mount of Scorpions, probably so called from the multitude of those animals found in that place.

Kadesh-barnea] This place was called Enmishpat, Genesis 14:7. It was on the edge of the wilderness of Paran, and about twenty-four miles from Hebron. Here Miriam, the sister of Moses and Aaron, died; and here Moses and Aaron rebelled against the Lord; hence the place was called Meribah-Kadesh, or the contention of Kadesh.

Karkaa] Supposed to be the Coracea of Ptolemy, in Arabia Petraea. - Calmet.