- KAREAH bald, the father of Johanan and Jonathan, who for a time were
loyal to Gedaliah, the Babylonian governor of Jerusalem (Jeremiah 40:8,
13, 15, 16). - KARKAA a floor; bottom, a place between Adar and Azmon, about
midway between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea (Joshua 15:3). - KARKOR foundation, a place in the open desert wastes on the east of
Jordan (Judges 8:10), not far beyond Succoth and Penuel, to the south.
Here Gideon overtook and routed a fugitive band of Midianites under Zeba
and Zalmunna, whom he took captive. - KARTAH city, a town in the tribe of Zebulun assigned to the Levites of
the family of Merari (Joshua 21:34). It is identical with Kattath (19:15),
and perhaps also with Kitron (Judges 1:30). - KARTAN double city, a town of Naphali, assigned to the Gershonite
Levites, and one of the cities of refuge (Joshua 21:32). It was probably
near the north-western shore of the Sea of Tiberias, identical with the
ruined village el-Katanah. - KATTATH (Joshua 19:15), a town of Asher, has been identified with
Kana el Jelil. (See CANA.) - KEDAR dark-skinned, the second son of Ishmael (Genesis 25:13).
It is the name for the nomadic tribes of Arabs, the Bedouins generally
(Isaiah 21:16; 42:11; 60:7; Jeremiah 2:10; Ezekiel 27:21), who dwelt in the
north-west of Arabia. They lived in black hair-tents (Cant. 1:5). To “dwell
in the tents of Kedar” was to be cut off from the worship of the true God
(Psalm 120:5). The Kedarites suffered at the hands of Nebuchadnezzar
(Jeremiah 49:28, 29).