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Kedesh in the Bible.

Kedesh is a city in the Bible, about 150 km (93 miles) north of Jerusalem. The King James Version names it in 4 verses, from Joshua 12:22 to 1 Chronicles 6:76. The King James Version also gives the name Kedesh to 4 other places, listed on this page.

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What happened at Kedesh.

A “fenced city” of Naphtali, one of the cities of refuge (Josh. 19:37; Judg. 4:6). It was assigned to the Gershonite Levites (Josh. 21:32). It was originally a Canaanite royal city (Josh. 12:22), and was the residence of Barak (Judg. 4:6); and here he and Deborah assembled the tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali before the commencement of the conflict with Sisera in the plain of Esdraelon, “for Jehovah among the mighty” (9, 10). In the reign of Pekah it was taken by Tiglath-Pileser (2 Kings 15:29). It was situated near the “plain” (rather “the oak”) of Zaanaim, and has been identified with the modern Kedes, on the hills fully four miles north-west of Lake El Huleh.

It has been supposed by some that the Kedesh of the narrative, where Barak assembled his troops, was not the place in Upper Galilee so named, which was 30 miles distant from the plain of Esdraelon, but Kedish, on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, 12 miles from Tabor.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

People named with Kedesh.

Naphtali 3Pekah 1

Near Kedesh.

All 4 verses that name this Kedesh.

Joshua 2

  • Joshua 12:22The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one;
  • Joshua 21:32And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammoth-dor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.

2 Kings 1

  • 2 Kings 15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.

1 Chronicles 1

  • 1 Chronicles 6:76And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs.

Other places called Kedesh.

Kedesh, about 110 km (69 miles) north of Jerusalem.

A town, named in 3 verses.

  • Judges 4:9And 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 4:10And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
  • Judges 4:11Now 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.

Kedesh, on the map at the same spot as the Kedesh above.

A town, named in 2 verses.

  • Joshua 19:37And Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor,
  • Joshua 20:7And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.

Kedesh, about 147 km (91 miles) south-west of Jerusalem.

A town, named in 1 verse.

Kedesh, about 99 km (62 miles) north of Jerusalem.

A city, named in 1 verse.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:72And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs,

Questions about Kedesh.

Where is Kedesh in the Bible?

Kedesh is a city about 150 km (93 miles) north of Jerusalem. BibleLectio shows it on a painted map of the Bible’s world, with every verse that names it.

How many times is Kedesh named in the Bible?

The King James Version names Kedesh in 4 verses, in 3 books, from Joshua 12:22 to 1 Chronicles 6:76. It also gives the name Kedesh to 4 other places.

Which people are named with Kedesh in the Bible?

The verses that name Kedesh also name Naphtali and Pekah.

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