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Place

Kain

A city in the Kenite district of Judah, listed among the settlements of that tribe in the Negev.

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Who or what is this?

Kain appears in 15:57 in the list of cities allotted to the tribe of , in the district associated with the highlands. It is a minor settlement known only from this territorial inventory. Some scholars associate the name with the (whose ancestor shares the same root in ), suggesting it may have been a settlement associated with that clan, consistent with the Kenite presence recorded elsewhere in southern Judah. No narrative events are attached to the city.

People, places, and events in this story

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Places in this story

Modern location: Khirbet Bani Dar. Coordinates from OpenBible.info.

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Key passages

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