Kedar

      Kedar

      meaning: blackness; sorrow

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    Dictionary Summary: Dark-skinned, the second son of Ishmael ([Gen. 25:13](/gen#Gen.25.13)). It is the name for the nomadic tribes of Arabs, the Bedouins generally ([Isa. 21:16](/isa#Isa.21.16); [42:11](/isa#Isa.42.11); [60:7](/isa#Isa.60.7); [Jer. 2:10](/jer#Jer.2.10); [Ezek. 27:21](/ezek#Ezek.27.21)), who dwelt in the north-west of Arabia. They lived in black hair-tents ([Cant. 1:5](/song#Song.1.5)). To “dwell in the tents of Kedar” was to be cut off from the worship of the true God ([Ps. 120:5](/ps#Ps.120.5)). The Kedarites suffered at the hands of Nebuchadnezzar ([Jer. 49:28](/jer#Jer.49.28), [29](/jer#Jer.49.29)). 2

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    BookCross-References
    Ps
      120.5 
    Song
      1.5 
    Isa
      21.16 21.17 42.11 60.7 
    Jer
      2.10 49.28 
    Ezek
      27.21 

    Figure1:  A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages   (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.) 

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        Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

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        M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

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        Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.