Isaiah 21:13
I received this message about Arabia: Give this message to people traveling in caravans from Dedan town in northwest Arabia, who camp in the scrub there. Tell them to bring water for those who are thirsty.
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1 Kings 10:15That was in addition to the taxes paid to him by the merchants and traders, and the annual taxes paid by the kings of Arabia and by the governors of the regions in Israel.
1 Chronicles 1:32After Abraham’s wife Sarah died, he took another wife named Keturah. The sons of Abraham and Keturah were Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. Jokshan’s sons were Sheba and Dedan.
Isaiah 13:20No one will ever live in Babylon again. It will be deserted forever. ◄Nomads/People who travel from place to place to live► will refuse to set up their tents there; shepherds will not bring their flocks of sheep to rest there.
Jeremiah 25:24In the vision I also went to other places in Arabia and to the kings of tribes in the desert
Jeremiah 49:28This is a message about the Kedar people-group and the kingdom of Hazor which the army of Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon attacked. This is what Yahweh says: “ I will cause an army to advance to attack Kedar and destroy those people who live east of Judah.
Ezekiel 27:20Merchants came from Dedan in southern Edom bringing saddle blankets to trade for things that you had.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 21:12-13
The Watchman Interrogated. ( b. c. 714.) 11 The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? 12 The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come. This prophecy concerning Dumah is very short, and withal dark and hard to be understood. Some think that Dumah is a part of Arabia, and that the inhabitants descended from Dumah the sixth son of Ishmael, as those of Kedar ( v. 16, 17 ) from Ishmael's second… Read the whole commentary →