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KEDAR

Volume 11 · 69 words · 1823 Edition

in Ancient Geography, a district in the desert of the Saracens (so called from Cedor, the son of Ishmael), according to Jerome, who in another place says that Kedar was uninhabitable, on the north of Arabia Felix. Kedareni, the people; who dwelt in tents like the other Scenites (Psalm cxx.) were rich in cattle (Isaiah lx.), of a swarthy complexion (Canticles i.), and excellent at the bow (Isaiah xxi.).