ancient inhabitants of the land of Canaan, whose habitation
was beyond Jordan, to the east of Phenicia, Gen. xv, 19. The Kadmonites
were descended from Canaan, the son of Ham. It has been conjectured that
the celebrated Cadmus, the founder of Thebes in Bœotia, was
originally a Kadmonite; and that his wife, Hermione, was so named from
Mount Hermon.
was beyond Jordan, to the east of Phenicia, Gen. xv, 19. The Kadmonites
were descended from Canaan, the son of Ham. It has been conjectured that
the celebrated Cadmus, the founder of Thebes in Bœotia, was
originally a Kadmonite; and that his wife, Hermione, was so named from
Mount Hermon.