KA.DMIEL

coining here for the authoritative settlement of disputes (Driver, Genesis, ad loc). For Kadesh on the Orontes see Tahtim-hodshi.

W. EWING.

KADMIEL. — The name of a Levitical family which returned with Zerub. (Ezr 2"=Neh 7"; cf. 1 Es S^'). In Ezr 3' (cf. 1 Es 5*'), in connexion with the laying of the foundation of the Temple, as well as in Neh 9"-(the day of humiliation) and 10' (the sealing of the covenant), Kadmiel appears to be an individual. The name occurs further in Neh 128- ".

KADMONITES. — One of the nations whose land was promised to Abram's seed (Gn 15"). Their habitat was probably in the region of the Dead Sea. The fact that Kedemah is said to be a son of Ishmael (Gn 25") renders it likely that they were IshmaeUte Arabs. Ewald, however, regarded Qadmoni as equivalent to B'ne Qedhem ('Sons of the East') — which seems to have been a general name applied to the Keturahite tribes (see Gn 25'-«). W. M. Nesbit.

KAIN. — 1. A city in the uplands of Judah (Jos IS"), probably to be identified with the modern Khirbet Yakln, on a hiU S.W. of Hebron, with tombs, cisterns, and other traces of an ancient town. A neighbouring sanctuary is pointed out as the tomb of Cain. 2. A clan name =the Kenites (wh. see), Nu 242« (RV), Jg 4ii (RVm). W. EwiNQ.

KALLAI.— The head of a priestly family (Neh 12«»).

KAMOK (AV Camon). — The burial-place of Jair (Jg 10*). The site has not been recovered. It was probably east of the Jordan; possibly identical with the KamUn of Polybius (v. Ixx. 12).

KANAH. — 1. A 'brook' or wady in the borders of Ephraim (Jos 16' 17') which has been identified (doubtfully) with Wady Kanah near Shechem (.Ndblus). 2. A town in the northern boundary of Asher (Jos 19^'), possibly to be identified with the modern Kana, a short distance S.E. of Tyre. R. A. S. MAcAiiSTER.

KAPH.— See Caph.

KAREAH ('bald'). — Father of Johanan, No. 1.

EARIATHIABIUS.— 1 Es 5" for EiTiath-jearim (wh. see).

KAREA. — An unknown place in the S. of Judah (Jos IS!!).

KARKOR.— A place apparently in Gilead (Jg 8'"). The site is unknown.

KARTAH.— A city of Zebulun (Jos 2V>); not men-tioned in the parallel passage, 1 (Dh 6". "The site is unknown. It might be for Kattath by a clerical error.

KARTAN.— A city of Naphtali (Jos 213S). The parallel passage, 1 Ch 6'", has Kiriathaim.

KATTATH.— A city of Zebulun (Jos 19»), perhaps to be identified with Kartah or with Eitron of Jg 1™. The site is unknown.

KEDAR. — The name of a nomadic people, living to the east of Palestine, whom P (Gn 25") regards as a division of the Ishmaelites. Jeremiah (492") counts them among the 'sons of the East,' and in 2ii' refers to them as symbolic of the East, as he does to Citium in Cyprus as symbolic of the West. In Isaiah (21") they are said to produce skilful archers, to live in villages (42"), and (60') to be devoted to sheep-breeding. The latter passage also associates them with the Nebaioth. Jeremiah alludes also (49™) to their nomadic life, to their sheep, camels, tents, and curtains. Ezekiel (27'') couples them with 'Arab,' and speaks of their trade with Tyre in lambs, rams, and goats. In Ps 120* Kedar is used as the type of barbarous unfeeling people, and in Ca 1* their tents are used as a symbol of black-ness. The Assyrian king Ashurbanipal (b.c. 668-626), in his account of his Arabian campaign (cf. KIB ii. 223), mentions the Kedarites in connexion with the Aribi

KENATH

(the 'Arab' of Ezekiel) and the Nebaioth, and speaks of the booty, in asses, camels, and sheep, which he took. It is evident that they were Bedouin, living in black tents such as one sees in the southern and eastern parts of Palestine to-day, who were rich in such possessions as pertain to nomads, and also skilful in war.

Gbokge a. Bahton. " KEDEMAH.— A son of Ishmael (Gn 25" =1 Ch 1«). The clan of which he is the eponymous head has not been identified. See also'' Kadmonitbs.

KEDEHHOTH. — A place apparently on the upper course of the Amon, assigned to Reuben (Jos 13"), and a Levitical city (21" = 1 Ch 6") . From the ' wilder-ness of Kedemoth' messengers were sent by Moses to Sihon (Dt 22«). The site may be the ruin Umm er-RasCts, N.E. of Dibou.

KEDESH.— 1. A city in the south of Judah (Jos 15») whose site is uncertain. It is probably to be distinguished from Kadesh-barnea. 2. A city in Issachar (1 Ch 6"), where, however, Kedesh is not improbably a textual error for Kishion of the parallel passage (Jos 21*8). 3. See next article.

KEDESH -NAPHTALI (Jg 4>; called also 'Kedesh' Jos 12^2 19", Jg 4'-", 2 K 15"; and 'Kedesh in Galilee' in Jos 20' 2132, i ch 6'«) .^Evidently, from the name meaning 'holy,' a sacred site from ancient times; a city of refuge (Jos 20') and a Levitical city (21'2). It was the home of Barak (Jg 4«) . It was captured by Tiglath-pileser (2 K 15") in the reign of Pekah.

The site is the village of Kedes, one of the most pictur-esque spots in Galilee; to the E. of the village the ground is strewn with ancient remains. There are several fine sarcophagi and the ruins of a large building, possibly once a Roman temple. E. W. G. Masterman.

KEHELATHAH (Nu 33b- »).— One of the 'stations' of the children of Israel (Nu 3322'-). Nothing is known about its position.

KEILAH, — A city of Judah in the ShephSlah, named with Nezib and Achzib (Jos IS"). David delivered it from the marauding PhiUstines, and it became his residence for a time. Becoming aware of the treachery of its inhabitants, he left it (1 S 23's-). It was re-occupied after the Exile (Neh 3i"-, 1 Ch 4"). It is commonly identified with Khirbet KllB,, about 7 miles E. of Beit Jibrin. It lies very high, however, for a city in the Shephelah, being over 1500 ft. above the level of the sea. W. Ewino.

KELAIAH. — A Levlte who had married a foreign wife (Ezr 10»), called in 1 Es 9^' Golius. In Ezr. the gloss is added 'which is Kelita' (in 1 Es. 'who was called Calitas ' ) . Kelita appears in Neh 8' as one of the Levites who assisted Ezra in expounding the Law (cf. 1 Es 9" Calitas), and his name occurs amongst the signatiories to the covenant (Neh 10'°). It does not follow, however, that because Kelaiah was also called KeUta he is to be identified with this Kelita.

KELITA.— See Kelaiah.

KEMUEL. — 1. The son of Nahor and father of Aram, Gn 22" (contrast 10'2, where Aram is son of Shem).

2. The prince of the tribe of Ephraim, one of the twelve commissioners tor the dividing of the land (Nu 34").

3. The father of Hashabaiah, the ruler of the Levites (1 Ch 27").

KENAN.-Son of Enoch and father of MahalaleKGn 5»" [A'V^ Cainan; but AVm, Uke R'V, Kenan], 1 Ch 1=). The name Kenan is simply a variation of Cain.

KENATH.— A city lying to the E. of the Jordan, taken by Nobah, whose name for a time it bore (Nu 32*2). Geshur and Aram re-conquered it (1 Ch 2^'). It is usually identified with Kanawat, fully 16 miles N. of Bozrah, on the W. slope of Jebel ed-Druze. It occupies a commanding position on either bank of the Wady QanawBi, which here forms a picturesque waterfall

512