Judges 1:16

Easy To Read Version

The Kenite people left the City of Palm Trees (Jericho) and went with the men of Judah. Those people went to the Desert of Judah to live with the people there. This was in the Negev [8] near the city Arad. (The Kenite people were from the family of Moses’ father-in-law.)

Cross References

1 Chronicles 2:15

Ozem was Jesse’s sixth son, and David was his seventh son.

1 Chronicles 2:55

and the families of scribes [28] that lived at Jabez, Tirath, Shimeath, and Sucah. These scribes are the Kenite people that came from Hammath. Hammath was the founder [29] of Beth Recab.

Exodus 18:1

Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, was a priest in Midian. Jethro heard about the many ways that God helped Moses and the people of Israel. Jethro heard about the Lord leading the people of Israel out of Egypt.

Exodus 18:12

Jethro got some sacrifices [122] and offerings to honor God. Then Aaron and all the elders (leaders) of Israel came to eat with Moses’ father-in-law Jethro. They all ate together there with God.

Exodus 18:27

After a short time, Moses said goodbye to his father-in-law Jethro. And Jethro went back to his own home.

Exodus 18:7

So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law. Moses bowed down before him and kissed him. The two men asked about each other’s health. Then they went into Moses’ tent to talk more.

Exodus 3:1

Moses’ father-in-law was named Jethro. [15] Jethro was a priest of Midian. Moses took care of Jethro’s sheep. One day, Moses led the sheep to the west side of the desert. Moses went to a mountain called Horeb (Sinai), the mountain of God.

Exodus 4:18

Then Moses went back to Jethro, his father-in-law. Moses said to Jethro, “Please let me go back to Egypt. I want to see if my people are still alive.”

Jeremiah 35:2

“Jeremiah, go to the Recabite family. {\cf2\super [289]} Invite them to come to one of the side rooms of the temple {\cf2\super [290]} of the Lord. Offer them wine to drink.”

Numbers 21:1

The Canaanite king of Arad lived in the Negev. [275] He heard that the people of Israel were coming on the road to Atharim. So the king went out and attacked the people of Israel. Arad captured some of the people and made them prisoners.

Matthew 3:1

At that time John the Baptizer came and began telling people a message \{from God\}. This was in the desert area of Judea.

Deuteronomy 34:3

The Lord showed Moses the Negev [227] and the valley that goes from Zoar to Jericho, the city of palm trees.

Deuteronomy 34:4

The Lord said to Moses, “This is the land I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I said to them, ‘I will give this land to your descendants. [228] I have let you see the land, but you cannot go there.”

Joshua 12:14

the king of Hormah1 the king of Arad1

Joshua 18:21

Each family got its land. These are their cities: Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz,

Judges 1:15

Acsah answered Caleb, “Give me a blessing. [6] You gave me dry desert land in the Negev. [7] Please give me some land with water on it.” So Caleb gave her what she wanted. He gave her the upper and lower pools of water in that land.

Judges 3:13

Eglon got help from the Ammonite people and the Amalekite people. They joined him and attacked the people of Israel. Eglon and his army defeated the people of Israel and forced them to leave the City of Palm Trees (Jericho).

Judges 4:11

Now there was a man named Heber, that was from the Kenite people. Heber had left the other Kenite people. (The Kenite people were descendants [34] of Hobab. Hobab was Moses’ father-in-law. [35])Heber had made his home by the oak tree in a place named Zaanannim. Zaanannim is near the city of Kedesh.

Judges 4:17

But Sisera ran away. He came to the tent where a woman named Jael lived. Jael was the wife of a man named Heber. He was one of the Kenite people. Heber’s family was at peace with Jabin king of Hazor. So Sisera ran to Jael’s tent.

1 Samuel 15:6

Saul said to the Kenite people, “Go away, leave the Amalekites. Then I won’t destroy you with the Amalekites. You showed kindness to the Israelites when they came out of Egypt.” So the Kenite people left the Amalekites.

1 Samuel 27:10

David did this many times. Each time Achish asked David where he fought and took those things. David said, “I fought against the southern part of Judah,” or “I fought against the southern part of Jerahmeel,” or “I fought against the southern part of the Kenizzites.” [206]

1 Samuel 30:29

Racal, the cities of the Jerahmeelites and the cities of the Kenites,