Kenite
Sign in to savethumb|upright=1.5|Tel Arad fortress above the town of Arad, the central hub of the Negev of the Kenites. According to the Hebrew Bible, the Kenites/Qenites ( or ; ) were a tribe in the ancient Levant. They settled in the towns and cities in the northeastern Negev in an area known as the "Negev of the Kenites" near Arad, and played an important role in the history of ancient Israel. One of the most recognized Kenites is Jethro, Moses's father-in-law, who was a shepherd and a priest in the land of Midian (). Certain groups of Kenites settled among the Israelite population, including the descenda
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19 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Historical identity
- In the Bible
- Age of the Patriarchs
- During the Exodus
- War between Israel and Midian
- During the Conquest of Canaan
- After settling in Canaan
- During the rise and fall of Hazor
- In the early Israelite Monarchy
- Archeology
- Critical scholarship
- Kenite Hypothesis
- Links to the mythology of Cain
- Kenites as metalworkers
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|upright=1.5|Tel Arad fortress above the town of Arad, the central hub of the Negev of the Kenites. According to the Hebrew Bible, the Kenites/Qenites ( or ; ) were a tribe in the ancient Levant. They settled in the towns and cities in the northeastern Negev in an area known as the "Negev of the Kenites" near Arad, and played an important role in the history of ancient Israel. One of the most recognized Kenites is Jethro, Moses's father-in-law, who was a shepherd and a priest in the land of Midian (). Certain groups of Kenites settled among the Israelite population, including the descendants of Moses's brother-in-law, although the Kenites descended from Rechab maintained a distinct, nomadic lifestyle for some time.
Other well-known Kenites were Heber, husband of Jael, the Biblical heroine who killed General Sisera, and Rechab, the ancestor of the Rechabites.