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Kedesh
        (a sanctuary).
        1. In the extreme south of Judah, Jos 15:23 same as Kadesh and Kadesh-barnea.
        2. A city of Issachar, allotted to the Gershonite Levites. 1Ch 6:72 The Kadesh mentioned among the cities whose kings were slain by Joshua, Jos 12:22 in company with Megiddo and Jokneam of Carmel, would seem to have been this city of Issachar.
        3. Kedesh; also Kedesh in Galilee; and once, Jud 4:6 Kedesh-naphtali, one of the fortified cities of the tribe of Naphtali, named between Hazor and Edrei, Jos 19:37 appointed as a city of refuge, and allotted with its "suburbs" to the Gershonite Levites. Jos 20:7; 21:32; 1Ch 6:76 It was the residence of Barak, Jud 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. 2Ki 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.


Bibliography Information
Smith, William, Dr "Meaning and Definition for 'kedesh' in Smiths Bible Dictionary".
bible-history.com - Smith's; 1901.

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