Judges 1:16

And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which [lieth] in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.

And the children {H1121} of the Kenite {H7017}, Moses {H4872}' father in law {H2859}, went up {H5927} out of the city {H5892} of palm trees {H8558}{H5899} with the children {H1121} of Judah {H3063} into the wilderness {H4057} of Judah {H3063}, which lieth in the south {H5045} of Arad {H6166}; and they went {H3212} and dwelt {H3427} among {H854} the people {H5971}.

Next, the descendants of the Keini, Moshe's father-in-law, went up out of the City of Date-Palms with the people of Y'hudah into the Y'hudah Desert south of 'Arad; and they came and settled with the people.

Now the descendants of Moses’ father-in-law, the Kenite, went up with the men of Judah from the City of Palms to the Wilderness of Judah in the Negev near Arad. They went to live among the people.

And the children of the Kenite, Moses’ brother-in-law, went up out of the city of palm-trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt with the people.

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Cross-References

  • Numbers 10:29 (8 votes)

    ¶ And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses' father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.

  • Numbers 10:32 (8 votes)

    And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what goodness the LORD shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee.

  • Judges 4:11 (7 votes)

    Now Heber the Kenite, [which was] of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which [is] by Kedesh.

  • 1 Samuel 15:6 (6 votes)

    And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

  • Numbers 21:1 (5 votes)

    ¶ And [when] king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took [some] of them prisoners.

  • Deuteronomy 34:3 (5 votes)

    And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.

  • Judges 3:13 (4 votes)

    And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.