who enquired, ‘Where did you raid today? ’ , David replied, ‘The south country of Judah,’ ‘The south country of the Jerahmeelites,’ or ‘The south country of the Kenites.’
The descendants of the Kenite, Moses’s father-in-law, had gone up with the men of Judah from the City of Palms , to the Wilderness of Judah, which was in the Negev of Arad. They went to live among the people.
Some Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, ‘Isn’t it true that David is hiding among us in the strongholds in Horesh on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon?
He warned the Kenites, ‘Since you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came out of Egypt, go on and leave! Get away from the Amalekites, or I’ll sweep you away with them.’ So the Kenites withdrew from the Amalekites.