Kedemoth

Town

Location disputed Aleiyan: about 65 km (40 miles) southeast of Jerusalem

Where Scholars Place It

• Aleiyan Possible
• Er Remeil Possible
• Es Saliyeh Possible
• Qasr ez Za’feran I Possible
• Umm ar Rasas Less likely

Kedemoth in the Bible Dictionary

Named in 4 Verses

• Deuteronomy 2:26 And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,
• Joshua 13:18 And Jahazah, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,
• Joshua 21:37 Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.
• 1 Chronicles 6:79 Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs:

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