Kedron. See Kidrox.
Keel (rpoTTtC) as being that which turns the vessel), the lo;igltudinal projection on the bottom of a ship (Wisd. V, 10).
Keeler, Sylvaxus, was the earliest native ISIeth- odist itinerant in Canada. He tirst appears in the ^Minutes of 1795 on the Bay of Quinte Circuit, " He proved," says the Canadian chronicler of the Church, " a good and faithful minister of Christ." He labored about twelve years in the itinerant work, and then re- tired into the local ranks, compelled by the growing necessities of his family to resort to other means of sup- port. He did not, however, abandon his Sabbath labors, but continued to preach all his days. After his family grew up and were able to provide for themselves, he extended his efforts to greater distances from home, carrying the Gospel into the distant settlements of im- migrants beyond the liideau. He died in the faith. Keeler bad no advantages of early education; he had, however, endowments, natural and of divine bestow- ment. His person was commanding, and his voice clear, melodious, and strong. His spirit and manners were the most bland and engaging, and his zeal and fervor knew no bounds and suffered no abatement. — Stevens, Hist. M. E. Church, iii, 192 ; iv, 27-i. (J. L. S.)
ICeeling, Isaac, an English Weslcyan minister of note, was born in the latter half of the last century, and entered the ministry iu 1811, but it was not until after many years of hard labor that he rose to any promi- nence. In 1815 he was elected president of the Confer- ence; shortly after his health began to fail, and he was obliged to take a supernumerary relation. He died in 18G9. " ]\Ir. Keeling was sagacious, discriminating, cau- tious, profound, and intensely original. His sermons were models of pure diction, exact thought, luminous arrangement, careful definition, and varied instructive- ness. He was a man of retiring habits and cold exte- rior, but he had a warm heart, and a keen relish of the pleasures of friendship."
Keene, Edmund, D.D., an English prelate, and a native of Lynn, Norfolk, was born in 1713. He became master of Peter House in 1748, bishop of Chester in 1752, and ;vas thence transferred to l-^ly in 1770. He died in 1781. He published five Occasional Strmons (1748, 1753, 1755, 1757, 1707).
Keeper, in its widest sense, corresponds to the Ileb. ^"Si'l", shomer', Gr. Ti]poJv; in a special sense to "'1313 or "l^lS, a icatchman, as often rendered; il^li"!, is a shepherd ; while TJ, <bv\a^, is a ffuard over prisoners. These words are of frequent occurrence, besides others iu certain peculiar senses or combinations, the meaning being clear from the connection. ,
Kehel'athah, or, rather, Keiie'lau (Heb. Kehe- lah', '!^'^'!^'p, assembly, only with tl paragogic, tirSilpj
Kehela'thah; Septuag. MrtK-(;\Xc(3,Vulg. (7ee?aMa), the twenty-third station of the Israelites in the desert, be- tween Kissali and j\It. Shapher (Numb, xxxiii, 22, 23); perhaps at the mouth of wady el-Hasana, west of Jebel Achmer. See Exode.
Keil, Karl August Gottlieb, an eminent German theologian, was born at Grossenhain, near Dresden, Sax- ony, April 23, 1754, and was educated at Leipzig L^ni- versity. Three years after graduation he obtained a privilege as tutor at his alma mater, and at once opened a course of lectures on exegesis and hermeneutics. In 1785 he was appointed professor extraordinary of philos- ophy, in 1788 professor extraordinary of theology, and in 1793 was finally promoted to the full or ordinary profess- orship. He died at Leipzig April 22, 1818. His works are St/stematisches Verzeichm^s derjenigen theolngischen Schriften d. Kenntniss cdlgemein nothig und niitzlich ist (Stendel, 1783, 1792, 8vo) : — De exempilo Christi recte imitando Dissert. (Lpz. 1792, 4to) : — De Doctoribus vete- ris Ecclesiin culpa corrupts per Pkitonicas sententius ihe- ologice liberamUs (Lpzg. 1793, 181G, 4to), consisting of twenty-two dissertations, which were to be followed by others. They were afterwards printed in his Opuscida A cad., of which they form the second part. It is a very valuable work: — Ueber d. historische Ei'Marungsart d. heiligen Schrift u. deren Nothivendigkeit (Lpz. 1798, 8vo ; Latin by Hempel) : — Lehrhuch der Hermeneutik d. N.T, nach Grundsdtzen d. grammatisch-historischen Interpre- tation (Leipzig, 1810, 8vo; Latin translation \>y C. A. G. . Emmerling, Lpz. 1811, 8vo), a very useful and important contribution to the department of hermeneutics, which he made his specialty, and in which he has justly be- come very celebrated. After his death his occasional ^mtings were collected by J. D. Goldhom, and published under the title of Opuscida academica ad N. T. interpre- tationem grammatico-historicctm, et theologice Christiance origines 2Je7iinentia (Lpzg. 1821, 2 vols. 8vo). Besides treatises on topics of hermeneutical interest, this volume contains several excgetical essays, and an elaborate dis- sertation, De Platonicfv p)hilosophi(c ad theolog. Christ, apud vet. ecclcs. scriptores ratione. " Keil," says Prof. AV. L. Alexander (in Kitto, Bibh Cyclop, vol. ii, s. v.), "is a perspicuous writer, and his works, though cold and formal, are full of good sense and solid learning." In connection with H. G. Tzschirner, Keil also published a theological journal under the title Analectenf. d. Stu- dium d. exegetischen it. systemaiischen Theologie (Lei]izig, 1812-18, 4 vols. 8vo), See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Gener. XX, 503 ; Herzog, Real-Enajldop. vii, 504.
Kei'lah (Heb. Ke'ilah', Th'^Vp [in 1 Sam. xxiii, 5, TOVY>~\,\)Xoh. citadel ; Septuag. KtVAa or Kt/Xa, v. r. in Chron. and Neh. KtaXa), a city in the plain of Judah (Josh. XV, 44), bordering on the southern portion of the highlands (see Keil's Comment, ad loc). It appears to have been founded by Naham the Garmite, brother of Hodiah. one of the wives of Mered (1 Chron. iv, 19). " The Philistines had fallen upon the town at the begin- ning of the harvest (Josephus, Ant. vi, 13, 1), plundered the corn from its threshing-floor, and driven off the cat- tle (1 Sam. xxiii, 1). The prey was recovered by Da- vid (ver. 2-5), who remained in the city till the com- pletion of the ingathering. It was then a fortified place, with walls, gates, and bars (1 Sam. xxiii, 7, rnd Josephus). During this time the massacre of Nob Avas perpetrated, and KeUah became the repository of the sacred cphod, which Abiathar the priest, the sole sur- vivor, had carried off with him (ver. 6). But it was ncjt destined long to enjoy the presence of these brave and hallowed inmates, nor indeed was it worthy of such good fortune, for the inhabitants soon plotted David's betrayal to Saul, then on his road to besiege the ]ilace. Of this intention David was warned by divine intima- tion. He therefore left (1 Sam. xxiii, 7-13"). It will be observed that the word Baali is used by David to de- note the inhabitants of Keilah in this passage (ver. 11, 12; A. V. ' men'), possibly pointing to the existence of