or Cedron (anc. geog.), a town which, from the defeat and pursuit of the Syrians (1 Mac. 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.

or 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.