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Son of Ishmael, and founder of an important tribe inhabiting the north-west of Arabia, though the name is probably also employed for Arabs generally. Gen. 25: 13; 1 Chr. 1: 29. The Psalmist desired peace, for he had been dwelling in the tents of Kedar, with those who 'hated peace.' Ps. 120: 5, 6. The bride in Cant. 1: 5 was black, or dark, like the black tents of Kedar. The references to lambs, rams, goats, flocks, camels, tents, and tent-curtains, show that a nomadic people are spoken of, though their, 'villages' are also mentioned. Judgements were pronounced against them. Isa. 21: 16, 17; Isa. 42:
11; Isa. 60: 7; Jer. 2: 10; Jer. 49: 28; Ezek. 27: 21.