KAB'ZEEL, [h] (the congregation of
God), a border town of Judah, Josh. 15:
21; 2 Sam. 23:20.
KA'DESH, [h] (holy or
holiness), a town
on the south border of Canaan, near
Edom, anciently Enmishpat, or well of
judgment, Gen. 14:7; famous for its
being the place of the death and burial
of Miriam, Num. 20:1-16.
KA'DESH-BAR'NEA, [h] (holiness of
the corn or of purity), the same as Kadesh,
Num. 13:26; 32:8.
KAD'MIEL, [h] (the rod of the
east),
a noted Levite, Ezra 2:40.
KAD'MONITES, [h] (first men or ori-
entals), an ancient tribe of Canaanites,
dwelling east of Jordan, Gen. 15:19.
KA'NAH, [h] (a reed, or cane,
or zeal), a
river of Galilee, Josh. 16:8.
KANAH, a town of Galilee, Josh. 19:
28, supposed to be called Cana,
John 2:1.
KARE'AH, [h] (bald or frozen),
father of
Johanan, Jer. 40:8.
KAR'KOR, [h] (rest or secure),
a place
on the east of Jordan, near to Succoth,
Judg. 8:10.
KE'DAR, [h] (blackness or
sorrow), a son
of Ishmael, and head of a famous tribe
of Arabs, Gen. 25:13; Isa. 60:7; Ezek.
27:21.
KED'EMAH, [h] (oriental), Ishmael's
youngest son, Gen. 25:15.
KED'EMOTH, [h] (antiquity), a wilder-
ness near Kadesh, Deut. 2:16.
KE'NAZ, [h] (this nest, or this
lamentation),
a grandson of Esau, Gen. 36:15.
KENAZ, the father of Caleb and of
Othniel, Josh. 15:17.
KE'NITES, [h] (purchase or
possession), an
ancient tribe of Arabs, Gen. 15:19.
Jethro the Midianite is called a Kenite,
Josh. 1:16; and for his sake they were
spared by king Saul, 1 Sam. 15:6.
KENIZ'ZITES, [h] (possessions), an an-
cient tribe of Canaanites, Gen. 15:19.
KILL, to destroy life, Gen. 12:12.
This is forbidden in the law of God,
Exod. 20:23: yet some malefactors
might lawfully be put to death, Deut.
13:9. God is able to kill not only the
body, but the soul, with the second death
in eternal torment, Matt. 10:28; Rev.
2:
23. Wisdom "killing her beasts," as
for
a sacrificial feast, denotes the provisions
of Christ in the gospel, Prov. 9:2. The
"letter killing," denotes the condemning
power of the law of God on transgres-
sors, 2 Cor. 3:6: the apostles being
"killed all the day long," denoted the
danger and frequent suffering by perse-
cution endured by the early Christians,
Rom. 8:36.
KILLED, did kill or slay, Gen. 37:
31: did murder, Acts 3:15.
KILLED, slain, destroyed, Rev. 9:20:
in danger of death, Rom. 7:36.
KILLING, slaying, Isa. 22:13: mur-
dering, Judg. 9:24.
KING, a sovereign prince, of a city or
a country, Gen. 14:18; Exod. 1:8; Judg.
1:7. Nimrod is supposed to have
been
the first king, Gen. 10:8-10. The kings
whom Joshua conquered were thirty-one
rulers of cities, or chiefs of districts, in
Canaan, Josh. 12:17-24: this state of
the most ancient kings being considered,
readers will cease to wonder at many
kings being defeated or slain in a single
battle or campaign. This fact also ex-
plains what Moses records of Edom,
Gen. 36:31. The usual ceremonies
of coronation are described in the case
of Solomon, 1 Kings 1:33-40; and of
Joash, 2 Kings 11:12. Moses, as the
chief ruler in Israel under God, is called
"king in Jeshurun," Deut. 33:5:
and saints, on account of their spiritual
dignity, and their high destiny in Heaven,
are represented as "made...kings and
priests unto God," Rev. 1:6; 1 Pet. 2:9.
God, the Creator, is the everlasting king
of heaven and earth, Jer. 10:10. Christ
is the appointed king of the church,
Psal. 2:6; and His kingdom will become
universal, 72:8-19; Isa. 9:6-9. He is
"KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS[,]" Rev.
19:16: He is the "LORD of hosts and
King of glory," Psal. 24:7-10.
KINGS, THE BOOKS OF: these contain
national records of the Israelites, con-
tinued from the books of Samuel, and
detailing their affairs under their mon-
archs during the period of about 426
years, from the anointing of Solomon to
the destruction of Jerusalem. In old
versions of the Scriptures, these, with
the books of Samuel, are called "The
Four Books of Kings;" and hence the
present titles in our Bibles are "The First
Book of Samuel, otherwise called the First
Book of Kings;" "and the First Book of
Kings, commonly called the Third Book
of Kings." David, Solomon, and Heze-
kiah, are believed to have written chro-
nicles of their own reigns: but Nathan, Gad, Isaiah, Iddo, and other prophets,
were the historians of their several times,
and the whole were completed in their
present order by the inspired prophet Ezra. While these books may be
relied
on as faithful records of the events to
which they refer, describing the glory of
Israel under Solomon, the division of the
nation under Rehoboam, the ruin of the
kingdom of Israel on account of various
crimes under nineteen wicked kings,
and the destruction of Jerusalem, with
the captivity of Judah for the same
idolatries and abominations; they afford
the most instructive lessons concerning
the depravity of human nature, and the
long-suffering mercy and righteousness
of God.