Kedemoth

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ked'emoth. (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;  Deuteronomy 2:26-27; etc.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Kedemoth . A place apparently on the upper course of the Arnon, assigned to Reuben (  Joshua 13:18 ), and a Levitical city (  Joshua 21:37 =   1 Chronicles 6:79 ). From the ‘wilderness of Kedemoth’ messengers were sent by Moses to Sihon (  Deuteronomy 2:26 ). The site may be the ruin Umm er-Rasâs , N.E. of Dibon.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("easternmost parts".) A town E. of the Dead Sea, assigned to Reuben ( Joshua 13:18), then to the Merarite Levites ( Joshua 21:37). A wilderness or uncultivated pasture adjoining was named from it; where Israel encamped when Moses asked leave of Sihon to pass through the Amorite country ( Deuteronomy 2:26, etc.).

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

A city in the border of Sihon king of Heshbon, whence Moses sent him an embassage of peace. A desert lay near it,  Deuteronomy 2:26 . It was afterwards a Levitical city of Reuben,  Joshua 13:18   21:37 .

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. City in Reuben, given to the Levites.  Joshua 13:18;  Joshua 21:37;  1 Chronicles 6:79 .

2. A wilderness near the same.  Deuteronomy 2:26 .

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Joshua 13:18 Joshua 21:37 1 Chronicles 6:79 Deuteronomy 2:26

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 Joshua 13:18

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Kedemoth', קְדֵמוֹת , Beginnings; Sept. Κεδμώθ , Κεδημώθ , but in Chronicles Καδμώθ v. r. Καμηδώθ ), a city in the tribe of Reuben, assigned with its suburbs (" villages"), to the Levites of the family of Merari ( Joshua 13:18;  Joshua 21:37;  1 Chronicles 6:79; in all which passages it is mentioned between Jahazah and Mephaath), with a desert ( מַדְבָּר , open pasture-grounds) of the same name adjacent, whence Moses despatched the messengers requesting of Sihon a peaceable passage through his dominions; which the Israelites were now entering, having crossed the' river Arnon ( Deuteronomy 2:26). These indications fix its locality not far northeast of Dibon-gad, possibly at the ruined village Ed Duleitat (Robinson, Researches, 3, Append. p. 170), east of Medeba (Van de Velde, Map).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ked´ḗ - moth , kḗ - dē´moth ( קדמות , ḳedhēmōth , "eastern parts"): From the wilderness to which this town gave its name, Moses sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites in Heshbon (  Deuteronomy 2:26 ). It was given by Moses to the tribe of Reuben ( Joshua 13:18 ), and assigned to the Merarite Levites ( Joshua 21:37;  1 Chronicles 6:79 ). It must probably be sought on the upper course of the Arnon. Buhl ( GAP , 268) suggests that it may be identified with Umm er - Reṣāṣ . See Jahaz .

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

Ked´emoth, a city in the tribe of Reuben , near the river Arnon, which gave its name to the wilderness of Kedemoth, on the borders of that river, from whence Moses sent messengers of peace to Sihon, king of Heshbon , the southern frontier of whose kingdom, and the boundary between the kingdom of the Ammonites and the Moabites, was the Arnon.