Topic
Kenites, The
15 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 15:19Torrey Originally a people of Canaan
The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
- Exodus 2:21Torrey MOSES — Intermarried with
And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
- Exodus 18:1–27Torrey Showed kindness to Israel in the desert
When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt; Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had…
- Numbers 10:29Torrey Connected with the Midianites
¶ 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 10:29–32Torrey MOSES — Invited, to accompany Israel
¶ 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 24:21Torrey Dwelt in strongholds
And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
- Numbers 24:22Torrey Ruin of, predicted
Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
- Judges 1:16Torrey MOSES — Intermarried with
¶ 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.
- Judges 4:11Torrey Connected with the Midianites
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.
- Judges 4:22Torrey Sisera slain by Jael one of
And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.
- Judges 5:24Torrey Sisera slain by Jael one of
Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
- 1 Samuel 15:6Torrey Part of, dwelt with the Amalekites
¶ 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.
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- 1 Samuel 27:10 Torrey DAVID — Pretended that he invaded
- 1 Samuel 30:29 Torrey Had many cities
- 1 Chronicles 2:55 Torrey The Rechabites descended from
In the topical indexes
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 20 references, grouped by sub-topic
- Originally a people of Canaan Ge 15:19
- Connected with the Midianites Nu 10:29; Jud 4:11
- Dwelt in strongholds Nu 24:21
- Had many cities 1Sa 30:29
- MOSES
- Intermarried with Ex 2:21; Jud 1:16
- Invited, to accompany Israel Nu 10:29-32
- Part of, dwelt with Israel Jud 1:16; 4:11
- Part of, dwelt with the Amalekites 1Sa 15:6
- Showed kindness to Israel in the desert Ex 18:1-27
- Not destroyed with the Amalekites 1Sa 15:6
- The Rechabites descended from 1Ch 2:55
- Sisera slain by Jael one of Jud 4:22; 5:24
- DAVID
- Ruin of, predicted Nu 24:21,22
Texts: Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.