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Kedron

A small brook which, rising near Jerusalem, runs through the valley on the east of the city, between it and the Mount of Olives. Descending into the valley from St. This unified study connects 2 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
  • A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

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Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Kedron

The valley, now quite narrow, between the Mount of Olives and Mount Moriah. The upper part of it is called the Valley of Jehoshaphat. The LXX., in 1 Kings 15:13, translate "of the cedar." The word means "black," and may refer to the colour of the water or the gloom of the ravine, or the black green of the cedars which grew there. John 18:1, "Cedron," only here in New Testament. (See [337]KIDRON.)

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A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

KEDRON

a small brook which, rising near Jerusalem, runs through the valley on the east of the city, between it and the Mount of Olives. Descending into the valley from St. Stephen’s gate, the traveller comes to the bed of the brook Kedron, which is but a few paces over.

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