Kedesh (Judges 4)
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Other places named Kedesh: Kedesh (Joshua 12), Kedesh (Joshua 15), Kedesh (1 Chronicles 6), Kedesh (Joshua 19).
| Type | settlement |
|---|---|
| Most likely | another name for Kedesh-naphtali (high confidence) |
| Coordinates | 32.735° N, 35.556° E |
| Mentioned in | 3 verses |
| First mention | Judges 4:9 |
Kedesh (Judges 4) is a settlement named in 3 verses of the Bible. It is most likely another name for Kedesh-naphtali (high confidence; 2 other proposals below).
Location
Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.
| Identification | Confidence | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| another name for Kedesh-naphtali | high (76%) | 32.735° N, 35.556° E |
| another name for Kedesh (Joshua 12) | low (21%) | 33.112° N, 35.530° E |
| Khirbet Qedish | very low (-4%) | 32.735° N, 35.556° E |
Verses
Judges
- 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.“I will certainly go with you,” Deborah replied, “but the road you are taking will bring you no honor, because the LORD will be selling Sisera into the hand of a woman.” So Deborah got up 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.where he summoned Zebulun and Naphtali. Ten thousand men followed him, and Deborah also went 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.Now Heber the Kenite had moved away from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent by the great tree of Zaanannim, which was near Kedesh.
Notes
- Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.