ata e an ▁port ▁of ▁Le u ke ▁K ome ▁and ▁the ▁land ▁of ▁S aba , ▁as ▁did ▁that ▁of ▁Ara bit ai . ▁These ▁latter ▁people ▁are ▁not ▁otherwise ▁att ested ▁and ▁their ▁name ▁seems ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁double t ▁of ▁Arab es ▁( A rab s ), ▁although ▁some ▁sch ol ars ▁have ▁identified ▁them ▁with ▁the ▁K ass an it ai ▁of ▁P to le my . ▁Von ▁W iss man ▁thought ▁the ▁K ina id ok ol pit ai ▁were ▁the ▁coast - d well ers ▁and ▁the ▁Ara bit ai ▁the ▁Bed ou in ▁of ▁the ▁interior . ▁Cos mas ▁Ind ic ople ust es , ▁who ▁copied ▁the ▁now ▁lost ▁ins cription ▁in ▁ 5 4 8 ▁or ▁ 5 4 9 , ▁gl oss es ▁Ara bit ai ▁and ▁K ina id ok ol pit ai ▁as ▁" the ▁inhabitants ▁of ▁Arab ia ▁Felix ", ▁which ▁is ▁un in form ative . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁In ▁his ▁Chron icon ▁written ▁in ▁ 2 3 4 , ▁Hi pp ol yt us ▁of ▁Rome ▁presents ▁the ▁K ina id ok ol pit ai ▁as ▁colon ists ▁from ▁Mid ian , ▁an ▁identification ▁repeated ▁in ▁the ▁ 4 th - century ▁Liber ▁generation is ▁m und i . ▁He ▁has ▁probably ▁identified ▁them ▁with ▁the ▁Ken ites ▁of ▁the ▁Bible ▁( Se pt u ag int ▁K ina io i ), ▁an ▁identification ▁he ▁may ▁have ▁found ▁strength ened ▁by ▁the ▁spell ings ▁in ▁Joseph us ▁(