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Kenites

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: K

By: James P. Boyd

Narrator: Chris Genthree

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(smiths). A Midianite tribe allied to Israelites (Gen. 15:19¹⁹The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, (Genesis 15:19); Num. 24:21-22²¹And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock. ²²Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive. (Numbers 24:21‑22); Judg. 4:11¹¹Now 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)).

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