Kedesh
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Kedesh in the Bible Dictionary
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1. A city of the tribe of Judah
Josh 15:23
23 And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,
Joshua 15:23 - Possibly identical with KADESH-BARNEA
- 2. Also called KISHION and KISHON
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A Canaanite city captured by Joshua
Josh 12:22; 19:20; 21:28; 1 Chr 6:72
22 The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one;
Joshua 12:2220 And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez,
Joshua 19:2028 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs,
Joshua 21:2872 And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs,
1 Chronicles 6:72 - 3. Also called KEDESH-NAPHTALI
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A city of refuge
Josh 20:7; 21:32
7 And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.
Joshua 20:732 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.
Joshua 21:32 -
Home of Barak and Heber
Judg 4:6, 9, 11
6 And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
Judges 4:69 And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.
Judges 4:911 Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.
Judges 4:11 -
Captured by Tiglath-pileser
2 Kgs 15:29
29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.
2 Kings 15:29
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.
