Joshua 15:3

And it went out to the south side of Maalehacrabbim ,.... Or the ascent of Akrabbim, as it is called; see Gill on Numbers 34:4 ,

and passed along to Zin, and ascended upon the south side unto Kadeshbarnea ; which perfectly agrees with the southern border of the land, as described in Numbers 34:4 ,

and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar ; which two places being near to one another, as is very likely, are put together, as if one place, and called Hazaraddar, Numbers 34:4 ; and mention is made of Hezron, which is Hazor, Joshua 15:25 ; but not of Adar:

and fetched a compass to Karkaa ; which Jerom F23 De loc. Heb. fol. 88. E. 90. C. calls Acchara, a village in the wilderness; and if the same with Carcaria, it was according to him a day's journey from Petra in Idumea; but that is not likely; see Judges 8:10 .