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kaÌ„n (הקּתן, ha-kÌ£ayin; the King James Version Cain): A town in the hill country of Judah (). There is, too, apparently a reference to this place in , : “And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling-place, And thy nest is set in the rock. Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted, Until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.â€
This place has been very doubtfully identified as the ruin Yukı̄n, a place on a lofty hill Southeast of Hebron, overlooking the wilderness of Judah; the tomb of Cain is shown there. See PEF, III, 312, Sh XXI.