Kadesh Barnea
Ain el Weibeh in the Arabah, 10 miles N. of the place where
Mount Hor abuts on that valley. Three fountains issue from
the chalky rock. Here wady el Ghuweir affords access
northwestwards through mountainous Edom; from here
accordingly Moses sent to ask a passage through Edom by "the
king's highway." Barnea = "son of wandering", i.e. Bedouin
(...
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the sacred city of the Hittites, on the left bank of the
Orontes, about 4 miles south of the Lake of Homs. It
is
identified with the great mound Tell Neby Mendeh, some
50 to 100
feet high, and 400 yards long. On the ruins of the
temple of
Karnak, in Egypt, has been found an inscription
recording the
capture of this city by Rameses II....
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holy, or Kadesh-Barnea, sacred desert of wandering, a place
on
the south-eastern border of Israel, about 165
miles from
Horeb. It lay in the "wilderness" or "desert of Zin"
(Gen. 14:7;
Num. 13:3-26; 14:29-33; 20:1; 27:14), on the border
of Edom
(20:16). From this place, in compliance with the
desire of the
people, Moses sent forth "t...
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(Kadesh means holy; it is the same word as the Arabic name
of Jerusalem, el-Khuds. Barnea means, desert of wandering.)
This place, the scene of Miriam's death, was the farthest
point which the Israelites reached in their direct road to
Canaan; it was also that whence the spies were sent, and
where, on their return, the people broke out into mu...
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Also called KADESH-BARNEA
-A city on the southern boundary of Israel
Jos 15:3
-Struck down by Chedorlaomer
Ge 14:7
-Abraham lives beside the wells nearby
Ge 20:1; with 14:7; 16:14
-Israel encamps at
Nu 12:16; 13:26; 20:1; 33:36
-Canaanites defeated at
Jos 10:41...
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