Descendants of Heth, Genesis 10:15 , a Canaanite tribe dwelling near Hebron in the time of Abraham, Genesis 15:20,21 , and subdued in the Israelitish invasion, Exodus 3:8 Joshua 3:10 . They were not, however, exterminated: Uriah was a Hittite, 2 Samuel 11:3; Solomon used their services, 1 Kings 10:29 2 Kings 7:6; and they were not lost as a people until after the Jews' return from captivity, Ezra 9:1 . See CANAANITES .