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Kenites

A Dictionary of the Bible | 1997 | | Copyright

Kenites One of the groups in Canaan before the Israelite occupation (Gen. 15: 19), to which Moses' wife's father belonged (Judg. 1: 16). It has been suggested that the worship of Yahweh came to Israel from the Kenites. An association of Kenites with Israel is suggested by Saul's friendly dealings with them (1 Sam 15: 6) and the presents sent to them by David (1 Sam. 30: 29). This relationship continued after the Exile (Neh. 3: 14), when a Rechabite repaired a gate; the Rechabites (Jer. 35) were Kenites (1 Chron. 2: 55).

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Kenites

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2008 | Copyright

Kenites , in the Bible, wilderness nomadic tribe friendly to the Hebrews. They came with the Hebrews and inhabited S Palestine up to the time of David. Moses' father-in-law was a Kenite, and so was the husband of Jael. Scholars have argued that the Israelites were introduced to the worship of God by the Kenites (the so-called Kenite hypothesis). The genealogy of Cain in the Book of Genesis may contain Kenite traditions.

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Kenites

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church | 2000 | | Copyright

Kenites. An obscure Semitic clan listed among the pre-Israelite inhabitants of the land in Gen.15: 19.

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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Kenites." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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