Kibby, Epaphras, a IMethodist minister, was born in Somers, Connecticut, in 1777, In 1793 he joined the Methodist Episcopal Church at New London, and imme- diately became active in religious duties, and in 1798 entered the ministrj-. Through his labors jMethodism was introduced into Bath and Hallowell, Elaine. Jlel- ville B. Cox, the first foreign missionary of the !M. E. Church, was converted imder his preaching in the latter place. He also formed the first Methodist society in New Bedford. He was a local preacher eleven years ; returned superannuated in 1841, in which relation he continued till his death, Sept. 8, 18G4. Kibby's habits of study were careful and close, as shown in his accu- rately-trained reasoning powers, as well as his elegant and forcible diction. He was passionately fond of choice literature and poetrj-, and was himself a poet of taste and considerable ability. His pulpit talents were of a superior order, his judgment cool and clear, his piety deep and uniform. See Coif . Minutes, 1865, p. 60; Ste- vens, History of the Methodist Episcopal Church, iv, 35, 72,73,481. (J.L.S.)
Kib'roth-hatta'avah (Heb. Kibroth'-hat-Taii- vah', iT'XFltl JTnSiT, graves of the longing ; Sept. Mr/;- /tarn -j/c i-i'bviuaQ, Vulg. Sepulchra concujriscentice), the fifteenth station of the Israelites in the desert of Si- nai, between Taberah and Ilazeroth, so called from be- ing the burial-place of the midtltudes that died from gorging themselves with the preternatural supply of tiuail-flcsh (Numb, xi, 34, 35; xxxiii, 16, 17; Dent, ix, 22; comp. Psa. Ixxviii, 30, 31 ; 1 Cor. x, 6). From the omission of Taberah in the list at Numb, xxxiii, 16, and the absence of any statement of removal in Numb, xi, it lias been by some inferred that Taberah and Kibroth- hattaavah were but different names for the same jjlace ; but in Dent, ix, 22 they are clearlj- distinguished, al- though they apparently lay not far apart. Kibroth- hattaa^'ah was probably situated in wady Murrah, not far N.E. from Sinai (Robinson, Res. i, 221 sq.), correspond- ing in position to- the Eru-eis el-Eberig, where Palmer has found traces of an ancient encampment {iJcsert of the Exodus, p. 212 sq.). Schwarz's identification {Pahs- tine, p. 213) v,-ith Ain esh-Shehabeh, in the interior of the desert (Robinson, i, 264), is far astray. See Exoue.
Kibza'im [mauy Kib'zalm] {Hchicvf Kibtsa'yim, D'^S^iT, two heaps; Sept. Ka/Sffai'/i). a Levitical city of the tribe of Ephraim, assigned to the Kohathitcs, and appointed a city of refuge (.losh. xxi, 22, where it is mentioned in connection with Gezer and Bcth-horon, as if lying on the edge of the mountains of Ephraim) ; oth- erwise called Jokmeasi (1 Chron. vi, 68), which, how- ever, is elsewhere (Josh, xxi, 34) assigned to the IMe- rarites m Zebulon, probably by a slight diversity arising
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from its contiguity to the Kishon, which formed the bouiulary-liuc between those tribes (Josh, xix, 11).
Kid (properly ""IJ, fjedi', so called from crop2nnr/ the herbage; more fully, 'C'j} I'lJ, "kid of the goats;" fem. 'Pr'''}'^, gediyah' , a sAe-^*^W, Cant, i, 8 ; also t>~")3, son of a goat, 2 Chron. xxxv, 7, orig. ; sometimes for TS, a goat, itself, Numb, xv, 11 ; 1 Kings xx, 27 ; likewise "l''"'il3, sai>,/(«t>^,i.e.agoat,Gen.xxxv,31; Lev.iv,23; ix, 3 ; xvi, 5 ; xxiii, 19, etc. ; fem. t^~\'>"'C, se'ira/i. Lev. iv, 28; V, 6; Greek tpi(poc, Luke xv, 29; "goat," Matt. XXV, 32, ver. 33 toKpiov, diminutive), the young of the goat, reckoned a great delicacy among the ancients; and it appears to have been served lor food in preference to the lamb (Gen. xxvii, 9; xxxviii, 17; Judg. vi, 19; xiv, (J ; 1 Sam. xvi, 20). It still continues to be a choice dish among the Arabs. By the Mosaic law, the Hebrews were forbidden to dress a kid in the milk of its dam ; and this remarkable prohibition is repeated three several times (Exod. xxiii, 19 ; xxxiv, 2G ; Deut. xiv, 21)_. This law has been variously understood. However, it is gen- erally supposed that it was intended to guard the He- brews against some idolatrous or superstitious Y'ractice of the neighboring heathen nations. The practice is quite common with modern Orientals (Thomson, Land and Book, i, 135). Kids were also among the sacrificial offerings (Exod. xii, 3, margin; Lev. iv, 23-2G; Numb, vii, 10-87). See Goat.
Kidd, Benjamin, a noted (Quaker minister, was born in Yorkshire, England, about 1092 ; entered the minis- tr)' at the age of twenty-one, emigrated to this coun- try about 1722, and labored here successfully for some time. He afterwards returned, ho\vever, to lingland, and settled at Banbury, Oxfordshire, " where his exem- plary conduct gained him the esteem of all ranks and persuasions." He died March 21, 1751. Kidd served his generation in " turning many from darkness to light, and from the paths of disobedience to tlie ^visdom of the just." — Janney, Hist, of the Friends, iii, 287.
Kiddah. See Cassia.
Kiddei', Richard, D.D., an eminent English prelate and learned Orientalist, was born at Brighthelmstone, in Sussex. He studied at Emanuel College, Cambridge, of which he was elected fellow in 1055. He afterwards became vicar of Stanground, Huntingdonshire, but was ejected in 1G62 for nonconformitj-. He, however, con- formed some time after, and became rector of llaiuc, Es- sex, in 1004, and successively rector of St. IMartin's Out- wick, London, in 1074; prebendary of Norwich in 1081; dean of Peterborough in 1089 ; and finally bishop of Bath and Wells in 1091. He died in 1703. He was considered one of the best divines of his time, and a clear and elegant writer. His principal works are Dem- onstration of the Messias, etc. (London, 1084, 1099, 1700, 3 vols.; another edit. 1720, fol., and often since): — The Judgment ofpi-ivate Discretion in Matters of Religion de- fended— a sermon on 1 Thess. v, 21 (Lond. 1087, 4to) : — A Sermon iireached before the King and Queen at White- k(d/,Xor. 5, 1092 [on 2 Sam. xxiv, 14] (Lond. 1093, 4to) : — Sermon, Zech. vii, 5, of Fasting (Lond. 1094, 4to) : — A Commentary on the Five Boohs of Moses, etc. (London, 1694, 2 vols. 8vo) : — Bellarmine examined (Gibson's Pre- servative, iv, 55) : — On Repentance (Tracts of Angl. Fa- thers, ii, 300). — Darling, Kncyclop. Bihliograph. vol. ii, s. V. ; Birch, Life of Tillotson; Hook, Kccles. Biog. s. v.