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ACHOR

(Heb. ʿāḵôr)

A valley on the Judah-Benjamine border (Josh. 15:7) where the Israelites stoned Achan and his family because of his unfaithfulness, which precipitated the defeat of the Israelites at Ai (7:11, 12, 20-21). Achor means “trouble,” which may derive from Achan’s plight (Josh. 7:25).

The exact location of this valley is problematic, though scholars have identified it with the modern el-Buqeiʿah.

Two 8th-century prophets cited Achor as a promise for the chosen ones. While Achor was the valley of “trouble,” eschatologically it will become a resting place “for herds to lie down” (Isa. 65:10) and a “door of hope” (Hos. 2:15).

Bibliography. F. M. Cross and J. T. Milik, “Explorations in the Judaean Buqêʿah,” BASOR 142 (1956): 5-17; L. E. Stager, “Farming in the Judean Desert during the Iron Age,” BASOR 221 (1976): 145-58.

David Merling






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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