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KEDRON

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or Cedron, in Ancient Geography, 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, in Ancient Geography. 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.