Nave’s Topical Bible
Kedesh
9 Bible references
Sub-topics and passages
- A city of the tribe of Judah
Possibly identical with KADESH-BARNEA
Also called KISHION and KISHON
- A Canaanite city captured by Joshua
- Also called KEDESH-NAPHTALI
- A city of refuge
- Home of Barak and Heber
- Captured by Tiglath-pileser
Bible verses about “Kedesh”
The first verses cited, in the King James Version.
- Joshua 15:23And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,
- Joshua 12:22The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one;
- Joshua 19:20And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez,
- Joshua 21:28And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs,
- 1 Chronicles 6:72And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs,
- 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.
- 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.
- Judges 4:6And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh–naphtali, 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 4:9And 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 4:11Now 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.
- 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.