King James Bible Dictionary

Sanctuary.

1. A place in the extreme south of Judah (Joshua 15:23). Probably the same as Kadesh-barnea (q.v.).

2. A city of Issachar (1 Chronicles 6:72). Possibly Tell Abu Kadeis, near Lejjun.

3. A "fenced city" of Naphtali, one of the cities of refuge (Joshua 19:37; Judges 4:6). It was assigned to the Gershonite Levites (Joshua 21:32). It was originally a Canaanite royal city (Joshua 12:22), and was the residence of Barak (Judges 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.

1. A city of Judah, possibly identical with Kadeshbarnea
Joshua 15:23

2. Called Kishion and Kishon. A Canaanite city taken by Joshua
Joshua 12:22; Joshua 19:20; Joshua 21:28; 1 Chronicles 6:72

3. Called Kedeshnaphtali:

A city of refuge
Joshua 20:7; Joshua 21:32

Home of Barak and Heber
Judges 4:6; Judges 4:9; Judges 4:11

Captured by Tiglath-Pileser
2 Kings 15:29

(a sanctuary).

1. In the extreme south of Judah, (Joshua 15:23) same as Kadesh and Kadesh-barnea.
2. A city of Issachar, allotted to the Gershonite Levites. (1 Chronicles 6:72) The Kadesh mentioned among the cities whose kings were slain by Joshua, (Joshua 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, (Judges 4:6) Kedesh-naphtali, one of the fortified cities of the tribe of Naphtali, named between Hazor and Edrei, (Joshua 19:37) appointed as a city of refuge, and allotted with its "suburbs" to the Gershonite Levites. (Joshua 20:7; 21:32; 1 Chronicles 6:76) It was the residence of Barak, (Judges 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. (2 Kings 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.