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 leading from Upper India to Azotus. In this war it was burnt by the Jews.

CEDRON, or Cedron, in Ancient Geography. St John calls it a brook, but Josephus a deep valley between Jerusalem and Mount Olivet to the east. It was called Cedron from its blackness.