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The Kenite; the posterity or kindred of Jethro; not that part of them which dwelt among the Israelites, to whom the following words do not agree, but those of them who were mingled with the Amalekites and Midianites. See Exo_3:1 Jud_1:16 4:11 1Sa_15:6.
Thy nest, i.e. thy dwelling-place, so called, either because it was in a high place, as nests commonly are; or from their security and confidence of continuing long and safe in it; see Job_29:18; or in allusion to their name, for ken in Hebrew signifies a nest.