Achor
a'-kor (`akhor, "trouble," the idea of the word being that
of trouble which is serious and extreme. See ACHAN): The
place where Achan was executed in the time of Joshua (Josh
7:24,26). In all the five places where it is mentioned it is
described as the `emek, the arable valley of Achor. There is
no ground in the record for the current idea tha...
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A valley near Jericho Jos 7:26; 15:7; Isa 65:10; Ho 2:15...
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(valley of trouble), the spot at which Achan was stoned. Jos
7:24,26 On the northern boundary of Judah, Jos 15:7 near
Jericho....
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trouble, a valley near Jericho, so called in consequence of the trouble which the
sin of Achan caused Israel (Josh. 7:24,26). The expression "valley of Achor"
probably became proverbial for that which caused trouble, and when Isaiah (Isa.
65:10) refers to it he uses it in this sense: "The valley of Achor, a place for
herds to lie down in;" i.e....
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On the northern boundary of Judah (Joshua 15:7). (See ACHAN.)...
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And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor,
and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that [is] before the
going up to Adummim, which [is] on the south side of the
river: and the border passed toward the waters of Enshemesh,
and the goings out thereof were at Enrogel:...
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And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of
Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold,
and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses,
and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they
brought them unto the valley of Achor....
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And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day.
So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore
the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto
this day....
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And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley
of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in
the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out
of the land of Egypt....
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