# Kedesh

## Facts:

Kedesh was a Canaanite city that was taken over by the Israelites when they entered the land of Canaan.

* This city was located in the northern part of Israel, in the portion of land that was given to the tribe of Naphtali.
* Kedesh was one of the cities that was chosen as a place where the Levite priests could live, since they did not have any land of their own.
* It was also set apart as a “city of refuge.”

(Translation suggestions: [Translate Names](rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names))

(See also: [Canaan](../names/canaan.md), [Hebron](../names/hebron.md), [Levite](../names/levite.md), [Naphtali](../names/naphtali.md), [priest](../kt/priest.md), [refuge](../other/refuge.md), [Shechem](../names/shechem.md), [twelve tribes of Israel](../other/12tribesofisrael.md))

## Bible References:

* [1 Chronicles 6:72](rc://en/tn/help/1ch/06/72)
* [Joshua 19:37](rc://en/tn/help/jos/19/37)
* [Judges 4:10](rc://en/tn/help/jdg/04/10)

## Word Data:

* Strong’s: H6943, H7191
