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Reference: Kenite, The

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Ken'ite, The,

and Ken'ites (smiths), The, inhabited the rocky and desert region between southern Palestine and the mountains of Sinai, east of the Gulf of Akabah. They were a branch of the larger nation of Midian, --from the fact that Jethro, who in Exodus (see

Ex 2:15-16; 4:19

etc.) is represented as dwelling in the land of Midian, and as priest or prince of that nation, is in

Jg 1:16; 4:11

as distinctly said to have been a Kenite. The important services rendered by the sheikh of the Kenites to Moses during a time of great pressure and difficulty were rewarded by the latter with a promise of firm friendship between the two peoples. They seem to have accompanied the Hebrews during their wanderings,

Nu 24:21-22; Jg 1:16

comp. 2Chr 28:15 but, the wanderings of Israel over, they forsook the neighborhood of the towns and betook themselves to freer air, --to "the wilderness of Judah, which is to the south of Arad."

Jg 1:16

But one of the sheikhs of the tribe, Heber by name, had wandered north instead of south.

Jg 4:11

The most remarkable development of this people is to be found in the sect or family of the Rechabites.

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