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KENITES , in the See also:Bible a tribe or See also:clan of. the See also:south of See also:Palestine, closely associated with the See also:Amalekites, whose hostility towards See also:Israel, however, it did not See also:share. On this See also:account See also:Saul spared them when bidden by Yahweh to destroy Amalek; See also:David, too, whilst living in See also:Judah, appears to have been on friendly terms with them (I Sam. xv. 6, See also:xxx. 29). See also:Moses himself married into a Kenite See also:family (See also:Judges i. 16), and the variant tradition would seem to show that the Kenites were only a See also:branch of the Midianites (see See also:JETHRO, See also:MIDIAN). Jael, the slayer of Sisera (see See also:DEBORAH), was the wife of See also:Heber the Kenite, who lived near Kadesh in See also:Naphtali; and the See also:appearance of the clan in this locality may be explained from the nomadic habits of the tribe, or else as a result of the northward See also:movement in which at least one other clan or tribe took See also:part (see See also:DAN). There is an obscure allusion to their destruction in an appendage to the oracles of See also:Balaam (Num. See also:xxiv. 21 seq., see G. B. See also: See also:Comm. p. 376); and with this, the only unfavourable reference to them, may perhaps be associated the curse of See also:Cain. Although some connexion with the name of Cain is probable, it is difficult, however, to explain the curse (for one view, see See also:LEVITES). More important is the prominent part played by the Kenite (or Midianite) See also:father-in-See also:law of Moses, whose help and counsel are related in Exod. xviii.; and if, as seems probable, the See also:Rechabites (q.v.) were likewise of Kenite origin (1 Chron. ii. 55), this obscure tribe had evidently an important part in shaping the See also:religion of Israel.
1901, giving a See also:total of I9o,698. According to an estimate made by Mr G. C. See also:Stirling, the See also:political officer in See also:charge of the See also:state, in 1897-1898, of the various tribes of See also:Shans, the Hkiin and Lii contribute about 36,000 each, the western Shans 32,000, the Lem and Lao Shans about 7000, and the See also:Chinese Shans about 5000. Of the See also: The See also:present sawbwa or See also:chief received his patent from the See also:British See also:government on the 9th of See also:February 1897. The See also:early See also:history of Keng Tung is very obscure, but Burmese See also:influence seems to have been maintained since the latter See also:half, at any See also:rate, of the 16th See also:century. The Chinese made several attempts to subdue the state, and appear to have taken the See also:capital in 1765-66, but were driven out by the See also:united Shan and Burmese troops. The same See also:fate seems to have attended the first Siamese invasion of 1804. The second and third Siamese invasions, in 1852 and 1854, resulted in See also:great disaster to the invaders, though the capital was invested for a See also:time. Keng Tung, the capital, is situated towards the See also:southern end of a valley about 12 m. See also:long and with an See also:average breadth of 7 m. The See also:town is surrounded by a See also:brick See also:wall and See also:moat about 5 m. See also:round. Only the central and See also:northern portions are much built over. Pop. (1901), 5695. It is the most considerable town in the British Shan States. In the dry See also:season crowds attend the See also:market held according to Shan See also:custom every five days, and numerous caravans come from See also:China. The military See also:post formerly was 7 m. See also:west of the town, at the See also:foot of the See also:watershed range. At first the headquarters of a See also:regiment was stationed there; this was reduced to a wing, and recently to military See also:police. The site was badly chosen and proved very unhealthy, and the headquarters both military and See also:civil have been transferred to Loi Ngwe Long, a See also:ridge 6500 ft. above See also:sea-level 12 M. south of the capital. The rainfall probably averages between 5o and 6o in. for the See also:year. The temperature seems to rise to nearly too° F. during the hot See also:weather, falling 3o° or more during the See also:night. In the See also:cold weather a temperature of 4o° or a few degrees more or less appears to be the lowest experienced. The See also:plain in which the capital stands has an See also:altitude of 3000 ft. (J. G. Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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