Difference between revisions of "Kedesh"

<p> '''Ke'desh.''' ''(a sanctuary).'' </p> <p> 1. In the extreme south of Judah, &nbsp;Joshua 15:23. The same as '''Kadesh''' and '''Kadesh-barnea''' . </p> <p> 2. [[A]] city of Issachar, allotted to the Gershonite Levites. &nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:72. The Kadesh mentioned among the cities whose kings were slain by Joshua, &nbsp;Joshua 12:22, in company with [[Megiddo]] and [[Jokneam]] of Carmel, would seem to have been this city of Issachar. </p> <p> 3. Kedesh; also Kedesh in Galilee; and once, &nbsp;Judges 4:6, Kedesh-naphtali, one of the fortified cities of the tribe of Naphtali, named between [[Hazor]] and Edrei, &nbsp;Joshua 19:37, appointed as a city of refuge, and allotted with its "suburbs" to the Gershonite Levites. &nbsp;Joshua 20:7; &nbsp;Joshua 21:32; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:76. It was the residence of Barak, &nbsp;Judges 4:6, and there, he and Deborah assembled the tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali before the conflict, being probably, as its name implies, a "holy place" of great antiquity. It was taken by Tiglath-pileser in the reign of Pekah. &nbsp;2 Kings 15:29. It is identified with the village ''Kades'' , which lies four miles to the northwest of the upper part of the Sea of Merom. </p>