Who are the Kenites?
Definition of "Kenites" from The Encyclopedia Britannica" :
ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA - Kenite
Kenite:
Member of a tribe of itinerant metalsmiths *related (see note below) to the Midianites and the Israelites who plied their trade while traveling in the region of the Arabah (the desert rift valley extending from the Sea of Galilee to the Gulf of Aqaba) from at least the 13th century to the 9th century BC. The Kenites' name was derived from Cain, whose descendants they were believed to be. The Kenites are mentioned several times in the Old Testament.
The father-in-law of Moses, Jethro, was a Kenite* (*see note below), and as priest-leader of the tribe he led in the worship of Yahweh, whom Moses later revealed to the Hebrews as their own God whom they had forgotten. In the period of the judges (12th-11th century BC), it was a Kenite woman, Jael, who killed the general of Israel's enemies, the Canaanites.
Settling among the Israelites, Amalekites, and Canaanites, the Kenites apparently became absorbed into the tribe of Judah. Conservative groups of Kenites retained their nomadic way of life and beliefs and practices, however, and one such group, the Rechabites (2 Kings), fought alongside the rebel and future king of Israel, Jehu (reigned c. 842-c. 815), against the Omri dynasty and the worshipers of the Canaanite god Baal.
* Note of clarification on the above definition: The Kenites were not related to the Israelites or the Medianites who are Abrahamic. In addition, Jethro was a Kenite only from a geographical standpoint, i.e., He lived in a Kenite territory within the land of Midian just as a person living in Texas is a "Texan" but may be of English (or whatever) ancestry. Jethro was a priest of Midian (Exodus 3:1, 18:1) and therefore a Midianite NOT a Kenite. The Midianites are descendents of Abraham through his son, Median, whose mother was Keturah, Abraham's concubine. The Kenites however are descendents of Cain and are NOT Abrahamic stock, and were the owners of the well in Exodus 2:17. This is why they tried to drive off the daughters of Jethro. The owners of the only well in a given territory had first watering rights. Notice also that in Exodus 2:19 Moses is called "an Egyptian". Was he an Egyptian? Only by his former residence! Moses was an Israelite and no more Egyptian than Jethro was Kenite!
For the Strong's definition of "Kenite" see #s 7013 and 7017 in the Hebrew dictionary of The Strong's Exaustive Concordance.