Cedron in the Bible
Meaning: black; sad
Thematic Bible
Cedron » Brook of, running south under the eastern wall of jerusalem
For on the day you go out and cross over the brook Kidron, you will know for certain that you shall surely die; your blood shall be on your own head.”
So I went up at night by the ravine and inspected the wall. Then I entered the Valley Gate again and returned.
And the whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields as far as the brook Kidron, to the corner of the Horse Gate toward the east, shall be holy to the Lord; it will not be plucked up or overthrown anymore forever.”
Cedron » Idols destroyed on the banks of » Josiah
He brought out the Asherah from the house of the Lord outside Jerusalem to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and ground it to dust, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.
Cedron » Idols destroyed on the banks of » hezekiah
So the priests went in to the inner part of the house of the Lord to cleanse it, and every unclean thing which they found in the temple of the Lord they brought out to the court of the house of the Lord. Then the Levites received it to carry out to the Kidron valley.
Cedron » Idols destroyed on the banks of » By asa
Cedron » Its channel changed by hezekiah
So many people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream which flowed through the region, saying, “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find abundant water?”