Bible Dictionary
Kedemoth
Kedemoth was a town east of the Dead Sea in Reuben, assigned to the Merarite Levites. The nearby wilderness also bore its name.
Definition
Kedemoth was a town in the district east of the Dead Sea, allotted to Reuben and assigned to the Merarite Levites. The nearby uncultivated pasture or wilderness also bore the name Kedemoth.
Biblical Usage
Kedemoth appears in the territorial and Levitical lists and is associated with the wilderness through which Israel traveled.
Historical Background
The town lay not far northeast of Dibon-gad and east of the Dead Sea. Its name may have been extended to the surrounding wilderness or pasture land.
Scripture References
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Beginnings; easternmost, a city of Reuben, assigned to the Levites of the family of Merari (Josh. 13:18). It lay not far north-east of Dibon-gad, east of the Dead Sea.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(beginnings), one of the towns in the district east of the Dead Sea allotted to the tribe of Reuben, (Joshua 13:18) given by the Merarite Levites. (Joshua 21:37; 1 Chronicles 6:79) It possibly conferred its name on the “wilderness,” or uncultivated pasture land, “of Kedemoth.” (Numbers 21:33; 2:26,27) etc.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>See JAHAZ.</p>