They raised over him a great heap of stones that remains to this day. The LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Therefore the name of that place was called “The valley of Achor” to this day.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 26. Achor. That is, trouble; ( Ch). in allusion to the name of Achar, as he is called in the Septuagint invariably, and in the Hebrew and Vulg. in the Book of Chronicles. Bible.—This heap of stones was thrown upon the ashes of the deceased, or perhaps at his person, while he was burning at the stake, as it is the custom still among the Turks. Roger. ii. 7. The king of Hai was treated in this manner. Calmet. 8:29. See 2 Kennicott. 18:17. The vale of Achor was on the road between Jerusalem and Jericho, where a small castle, at Adommim, was built to protect travellers from the insults of robbers, who infested that part. Lu. 10:30. Calmet. 15:7.