Kedar

Gender: Male

Years: -1821 - -583

Dictionary Text: Dark-skinned, the second son of Ishmael. It is the name for the nomadic tribes of Arabs, the Bedouins generally;;;;, who dwelt in the north-west of Arabia. They lived in black hair-tents. To “dwell in the tents of Kedar” was to be cut off from the worship of the true God. The Kedarites suffered at the hands of Nebuchadnezzar,.

Family Members

• Father: Ishmael
• Siblings:
  • Nebajoth
  • Hadar
  • Jetur
  • Mishma
  • Bashemath
  • Tema
  • Adbeel
  • Dumah
  • Massa
  • Naphish
  • Mibsam
  • Kedemah

Verses

• Isaiah 60:7: All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.
• Isaiah 42:11: Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
• 1 Chronicles 1:29: These are their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
• Song of Solomon 1:5: I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
• Genesis 25:13: And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
• Isaiah 21:16: For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:
• Jeremiah 49:28: Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the LORD; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east.
• Isaiah 21:17: And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it.
• Ezekiel 27:21: Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they thy merchants.
• Jeremiah 2:10: For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.