EAST, CHILDREN OF THE.—A common designation of the inhabitants of the Syrian desert, who were partly Aramæan and partly Arabian (Jdg_6:3; Jdg_8:10, Eze_25:4; Eze_25:10, Isa_11:14, Jer_49:28, Job_1:3). Certain of them had obtained great renown for wisdom (1Ki_5:10).