Probably a Midianite tribe, descended from Abraham by his wife Keturah. Moses' marriage with the daughter of Jethro, a prince and priest of Midian, was also a cause of the long-standing friendship between the Kenites and Israelites (Num. 24: 21-22; Judg. 1: 16; Judg. 4: 11, 17; Judg. 5: 24; 1 Sam. 15: 6; 1 Sam. 27: 10; 1 Sam. 30: 29). The Rechabites were a sect or family belonging to this tribe (1 Chr. 2: 55).