KEDAR, the Son of Ishmael, is the Father of the Kedarenians, mentioned by Pliny, who dwelt in the Neighbourhood of the Nabathæans in Arabia the Desert. These People do not live in Towns or Houses, but under Tents; for which Reason Cant. i. we cannot easily shew the Place of their 4. Jerem.
xlii. 11. Habitation, because they so often change it.
Arabia-Deserta is sometimes called in Scripture Kedar; but the Dwelling of the Kedarenians was principally in the Southern Part of Arabia-Deserta, to the North of Arabia-Petræa and Arabia-Felix: There were some of them, even as far as the Red- Sea.