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The Kenites were a nomadic tribe who lived in the region of Canaan and were generally friendly to the Israelites, often providing them with assistance and support.
The Kenites were a nomadic metalworking people associated with the wilderness of Sinai and the Negev, first mentioned among the peoples whose land was promised to Abraham (Genesis 15:19). Moses' father-in-law Jethro (or Hobab) was a Kenite (Judges 1:16; 4:11), and the Kenites accompanied Judah into the land and settled near Arad. Heber the Kenite's wife Jael is celebrated in the Song of Deborah for killing the Canaanite general Sisera (Judges 4:17–22; 5:24–27). The Rechabites, faithful to an ascetic wilderness ideal, were also Kenites (1 Chronicles 2:55).