KEDEMOTH
KEDEMOTH (
Βακεδμώθ, LXX.), a city in the tribe of Reuben (
Josh. 13.18), which gave its name to the wilderness of Kedemoth, on the borders of the river Arnon, from whence Moses sent messengers of peace to Sihon king of Heshbon (
Deut. 2.26.) Its site has not been made out. (Ritter,
Erdkunde, vol. xv. pt. i. pp. 574, 1208; Winer, s. v.) [
E.B.J]
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