Kedesh

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This article is about Kedesh on the Israeli-Lebanese border, see also Kadesh or Kadesh (South of Israel) .

The ruins of the ancient village of Kedesh are located within the modern Kibbutz Malkiya on the Israeli-Lebanese border.

1 History
2 Other
3 External links
4 References

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Kedesh was first documented in the Book of Joshua as a Canaanite citadel that was conquered by the Israelites under the leadership of Moses. Ownership for Kedesh was turned over, by lot, to the tribe of Naphtali and subsequently, at the command of God, Kedesh was set apart by Joshua as one of the Cities of Refuge along with Shechem and Kiriath Arba (Hebron) (Joshua 20:7).

In the 8th century BCE during the reign of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser III king of Assyria took Kedesh and deported its inhabitants to Assyria (2 Kings 15:29).

Later, in the 5th century BCE Kedesh may have become the capital for the Persian controlled, Tyrian administrated province of the Upper Galilee (Berlin & Herbert, 2005).

In 259 B.C.E. Kedesh was mentioned by Zenon, a traveling merchant from Egypt.

Between 145 and 143 B.C.E. Kedesh (Cades) was overthrown by Jonathan Maccabeus in his fight against the Seleucid king Demetrius I Soter (1 Maccabees). It remains abandoned until this day.

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In the Book of Judges, the great oak tree in Zaanaim is said to be near Kedesh (Judges 4:11).

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History of Kedesh

[edit] References

Berlin, Andrea and Herbert, Sharon (2005). "Life and Death on the Israel-Lebanon Border". Biblical Archaeology Review 31 (5), 34-43.
1 Maccabees 11:63-74 (text)
Papyrus Cairo Zenon I 59.004
Josephus. Antiquities of the Jews 13.154-62; The Wars of the Jews 2.459, 4.104.