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.
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Gill's Exposition
Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor,.... A new prophecy concerning the Arabians; for Kedar was a son of Ishmael, Gen 25:13; whose posterity inhabited Arabia Petraea. Hazor was Petra…
Barnes' Notes
Hazor, derived from a word signifying an unwalled village, is a general appellative of those Arab tribes who were partially settled, while Kedar signifies the Bedawin, who used only tents. Some think…
These verses foretell the desolation that Nebuchadnezzar and his forces should make among the people of Kedar (who descended from Kedar the son of Ishmael, and inhabited a part of Arabia the Stony),…
Cambridge Bible
Kedar See on ch. Jer 2:10.
kingdoms of Hazor Hazor elsewhere is the name of towns in Palestine, but here "is probably a collective term, derived from ḥâẓêr, a -village," denoting Arab tribes living in…
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