 8th century BCE Assyrian inscriptions place the Qedarites as living in the area to the east of the western border of Babylon . Moving further east into areas of the Transjordan and southern Syria in the 7th century BCE , by the 5th century BCE they had spread into the Sinai and as far as the Nile Delta . Qedarite domination of northwest Arabia involved alliances between the kings of Qedar and the kings of Dedan ( Al-`Ula ) . Historian Israel Eph 'al writes that the " breadth of Qedarite distribution suggests a federation of tribes with various sub @-@ divisions . " 
 8th century BCE Assyrian inscriptions place the Qedarites as living in the area to the east of the western border of Babylon . Moving further east into areas of the Transjordan and southern Syria in the 7th century BCE , by the 5th century BCE they <a href='been_done' title='1'><mark>had</mark></a> spread into the Sinai and as far as the Nile Delta . Qedarite domination of northwest Arabia involved alliances between the kings of Qedar and the kings of Dedan ( Al-`Ula ) . Historian Israel Eph 'al <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>writes</mark></a> that the " breadth of Qedarite distribution <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>suggests</mark></a> a federation of tribes with various sub @-@ divisions . " 
8th century BCE Assyrian inscriptions place the Qedarites as livin in da area to the east of the western border of Babylon . Moving further east into areas of the Transjordan and southern Syria in the 7th century BCE , by the 5th century BCE they done spread into the Sinai and as far as the Nile Delta . Qedarite domination of northwest Arabia involved alliances between tdakings of Qedar and thdaings of Dedan ( Al-`Ula ) . Historian Israel Eph 'al write that the " breadth of Qedarite distribution suggest a federation of tribes with various sub @-@ divisions . "