Verse 7
And the sons of Carmi ,.... The Targum adds, this is Zimri; but in Joshua 7:1 Carmi is said to be the son of Zabdi, who seems to be the same with Zimri; and some supply the word here, and read F15 So Junius & Tremellius, & Piscator. the sons of Zimri, Carmi, Achar, who was the grandson of Zimri; his proper name was Achan, Joshua 7:1 , but called Achar here by way of reproach, as Jarchi and others observe; being, as it follows:
the troubler of Israel , as Achar signifies: "who transgressed in the thing accursed"; devoted to the Lord, by taking it away for his own use, see Joshua 6:17 , hence the valley in which he was put to death was called Achor, Joshua 6:26 .
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