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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(smiths). A Midianite tribe allied to Israelites (
Gen. 15:19
19
The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, (Genesis 15:19)
;
Num. 24:21-22
21
And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
22
Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive. (Numbers 24:21‑22)
;
Judg. 4:11
11
Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh. (Judges 4:11)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
There seem to have been several different peoples called by this name, without any apparent link between them. Thus
1.
There were some in the land when it was promised to
Abraham
(
Gen. 15:19
19
The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, (Genesis 15:19)
).
2.
Jethro
, or
Raguel
,
Moses
’
father
-in-
law
, is called a Kenite (
Judg. 1:16
16
And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people. (Judges 1:16)
), and is also called a Midianite (
Num. 10:29
29
And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses' father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the Lord said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel. (Numbers 10:29)
). The
Midianites
sprung from
Midian
,
the
son
of Abraham and
Keturah
(
Gen. 25:2
2
And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. (Genesis 25:2)
); so these Kenites were probably a branch of the Midianites. The
children
of the Kenite, Moses’ father-in-law, left
Jericho
, the city of
palm
trees, and went into the
wilderness
of
Judah
, which was to the
south
of
Arad
, and dwelt there (
Judg. 1:16
16
And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people. (Judges 1:16)
). Apparently
Heber
the Kenite traveled
north
, and was neutral between
Israel
and their enemies; but
Jael
his wife smote
Sisera
in her
tent
(
Judg. 4:11,17
11
Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh. (Judges 4:11)
17
Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite. (Judges 4:17)
;
Judg. 5:24
24
Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent. (Judges 5:24)
). Others remained in the far south, for when
Saul
was going to smite the
Amalekites
he warned the Kenites, for their own safety, to depart from among them, because they had befriended Israel when they came from
Egypt
(
1 Sam. 15:6
6
And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye showed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. (1 Samuel 15:6)
). They were still in the neighborhood when
David
feigned to have attacked them. He regarded them as friends, and sent presents to them (
1 Sam. 27:10
10
And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites. (1 Samuel 27:10)
;
1 Sam. 30:29
29
And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites, (1 Samuel 30:29)
).
3.
There were Kenites whom
Balaam
saw dwelling in the rocks, and who were to be carried away by
Asshur
(
Num. 24:21-22
21
And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
22
Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive. (Numbers 24:21‑22)
). These may have been a
remnant
of the Kenites mentioned in
Genesis 15:19
19
The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, (Genesis 15:19)
.
4.
Descendants of
Hemath
, the father of the
house
of
Rechab
(
1 Chron. 2:55
55
And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab. (1 Chronicles 2:55)
).
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
7017
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
Qeyniy
Phonic:
kay-nee’
Meaning:
or Qiyniy (1 Chron. 2:55) {kee-nee'}; patronymic from
7014
; a Kenite or member of the tribe of Kajin
KJV Usage:
Kenite
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
a smith: a fabricator : gentilic of Kenite
Call: 1-630-543-1441
“Study to show thyself approved unto God, … rightly dividing the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15).
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