Kedesh. [Ke'desh]
1. City in the extreme south of Judah. Joshua 15:23. Supposed by some to refer to Kadesh-barnea.
2. Canaanite city, taken by Joshua, allotted to Issachar, and given to the Levites. 1 Chronicles 6:72. Called KISHION in Joshua 19:20 and KISHON in Joshua 21:28. Identified with Tell Abu Kudeis, 32 34' N, 35 13' E.
3. City in Naphtali, allotted to the Levites, and a city of refuge. Joshua 12:22; Joshua 19:37; Joshua 20:7; Joshua 21:32; 2 Kings 1:15; 1 Chronicles 1:6. Called KEDESH-NAPHTALI in Judges 4:6. Identified with ruins at Kades, 33 7' N, 35 32' E. It has been supposed that Barak assembled his army, not at Kedesh in Naphtali, but somewhere nearer to Mount Tabor and to the river Kishon, where Sisera had his troops. Judges 1:4-13. It was possibly at Kadish, 32 44' N, 35 33' E.