Acrabbattine
Acrabbattine [1]
( Ἀκραβαττίνη sc. χώρα ), the name of two regions in Palestine.
1. A district or toparchy of Judea, extending between Shechem (Nablous) and Jericho eastward, being about 12 miles long (see Reland, Paloest. p. 192). It is mentioned by Josephus (War, 2, 12, 4; 20, 4, 22, 2; 3, 3, 4, 5), and doubtless took its name from a town called Acrabbi, mentioned by Eusebius (Onomast. s.v. Ἀκοαββείν; Jerome corruptly "Adorabi," see Clerici ed. Amst. 1707, p. 17, note 5) as a large village 9 Roman miles east of Neapolis, on the road to Jericho; probably the same found by Dr. Robinson under the name Akrabeh (Researches, 3, 103), and described as a considerable town, finely situated on the slope of a fertile hill, with a mosque (new ed. of Researches, 3, 296, 297) and a ruined fort (Van de Velde, Narrative, 2, 304-307).
2. Another district of Judaea toward the southern end of the Dead Sea, occupied by the Edomites during the captivity ( 1 Maccabees 5:3, Auth. Vers. "Arabattine;" comp. Joseph. Ant. 12, 8, 1). It is supposed to have taken its name from the MAALEH-ACRABBIM (See Maaleh- Acrabbim) (q.v.) of Numbers 34:4; Joshua 15:3, which lay in this vicinity.
the northern district so called. Its ruined capital, now Akrabeh, is described in considerable detail by Lieut. Conder in the Quar. Statement of the "Palest. Explor. Fund" for July, 1874, p. 190.
