Kain

Kain (also spelled Cain) was a town in the hill country of Judah, listed among the towns of Calebs inheritance between Maon and Gibeah (Joshua 15:57). It lay in the same southern hill country where Caleb had received Hebron after the conquest and where David had later hidden from Saul among the Calebite shepherds of Maon and Carmel. The site is identified with Khirbet Yaqin southeast of Hebron near modern Yatta — preserving the original name in slightly altered form. The town's name shares its root with the patriarch Cain (Hebrew Qayin), but there is no biblical narrative connecting the two — the name simply means "smith" or "spear-point," reflecting either a craft trade or a topographical feature of the small hill town.