Kedesh

Kedesh was an ancient Canaanite and later Israelite settlement in , mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible. Its remains are located in Tel Kedesh, 3 km northeast of the modern in on the Israeli- border.
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  • Archaeological site
  • …lies at an elevation of 429 metres (1,407 feet)
  • Description: archeological site in Israel
  • Also known as
    “Qadas”
    “Qedesh Naftali”
    “Tel Kedesh”
    “Tel Keshesh”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Metzudat Koach and Harrawi.
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is a British Mandate police fort built during the 1936–39 Arab revolt in Palestine. is situated 2½ km east of Kedesh.
was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. is situated 3½ km southeast of Kedesh.
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Al-Nabi Yusha' was a small Palestinian village in the… is situated 2½ km east of Kedesh.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Malkia and Ramot Naftali.
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is a kibbutz in northern .
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is a moshav in northern .
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is a kibbutz in northern . is situated 3 km northeast of Kedesh.

Kedesh

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Latitude
33.11011° or 33° 6′ 36″ north
Longitude
35.53096° or 35° 31′ 51″ east
Open location code
8G5Q4G6J+29
Open­Street­Map ID
node 278470759
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
293348
Wiki­data ID
Q2585161

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Kedesh” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قدس”
  • Catalan: “Kadesh de Neftalí”
  • Catalan: “Quèdeix de Neftalí”
  • Catalan: “Tel Quèdeix”
  • Cebuano: “Tel Qedesh”
  • Chinese: “基低斯”
  • Czech: “Národní park Tel Kedeš”
  • Czech: “Tel Kedeš”
  • French: “Qadesh de Nephtali”
  • French: “Tel Qadesh”
  • Hebrew: “תל קדש”
  • Indonesian: “Kedesh”
  • Japanese: “ケデシュ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kedesj”
  • Norwegian: “Kedesj”
  • Persian: “قدش”
  • Polish: “Kedesz (Galilea)”
  • Polish: “Kedesz”
  • Russian: “Тель Кадас”
  • Russian: “Тель Кедеш”
  • Russian: “Тель-Кадас”
  • Russian: “Тель-Кедеш”
  • Spanish: “Kedesh”
  • Urdu: “قدش”

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