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Dedan

Northwestern Arabia · Old Testament · 10 verses

Dedan was a trading people and oasis region of northwestern Arabia. It was associated with caravan commerce. The name appears in Genesis, 1 Chronicles, Jeremiah and 1 more in the King James text.

About Dedan

Dedan was a trading people and oasis region of northwestern Arabia. It was associated with caravan commerce.

Its place in the story

Dedan appears in the table of nations and as a caravan and trading people in Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel. The prophets addressed oracles to Dedan among the Arabian peoples. It represented the desert trading nations of the Bible.

Dedan in Scripture (KJV)

“And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.”

Genesis 10:7 (KJV)

“And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.”

Genesis 25:3 (KJV)

“And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.”

1 Chronicles 1:9 (KJV)

“Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.”

1 Chronicles 1:32 (KJV)

“Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners,”

Jeremiah 25:23 (KJV)

“Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him.”

Jeremiah 49:8 (KJV)

“Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.”

Ezekiel 25:13 (KJV)

“The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony.”

Ezekiel 27:15 (KJV)

Dedan is named 10 times in Scripture; 8 shown above.

Where it leads

Dedan is among the nations the prophets included in God's dealings, a breadth that finds its goal in the gospel offered to every people through Christ.

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