John Gill Commentary Joshua 15:3

"and it went out southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and went up by the south of Kadesh-barnea, and passed along by Hezron, and went up to Addar, and turned about to Karka;" — Joshua 15:3 (ASV)

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 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) .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F23: De loc. Heb. fol. 88. E. 90. C.