or Cedron, (anc. geog.) a town, which, from the defeat and pursuit of the Syrians (1 Macc. xvi.) appears to have stood on the road which led from the Higher India to Azotus: in this war it was burnt by the Jews.

Cedron, (anc. geog.) St John calls it a brook, but Josephus a deep valley, between Jerusalem and mount Olivet to the east; called also Cedron, from its blackness. A brook only in winter, or in rainy weather, according to Maundrel.