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kadesh


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Kadesh 
  the  sacred  city  of  the  Hittites,  on  the  left  bank  of  the 
  Orontes  about  4  miles  south  of  the  Lake  of  Homs.  It  is 
  identified  with  the  great  mound  Tell  Neby  Mendeh,  some  50  to  100 
  feet  high,  and  400  yards  long.  On  the  ruins  of  the  temple  of 
  Karnak,  in  Egypt,  has  been  found  an  inscription  recording  the 
  capture  of  this  city  by  Rameses  II  (See  {PHARAOH}.) 
  Here  the  sculptor  "has  chiselled  in  deep  work  on  the  stone,  with 
  a  bold  execution  of  the  several  parts  the  procession  of  the 
  warriors,  the  battle  before  Kadesh,  the  storming  of  the 
  fortress,  the  overthrow  of  the  enemy,  and  the  camp  life  of  the 
  Egyptians."  (See  {HITTITES}.) 
 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Kadesh 
  holy,  or  Kadesh-Barnea,  sacred  desert  of  wandering,  a  place  on 
  the  south-eastern  border  of  Palestine,  about  165  miles  from 
  Horeb.  It  lay  in  the  wilderness"  or  "desert  of  Zin"  (Gen.  14:7; 
  Num.  13:3-26;  14:29-33;  20:1;  27:14),  on  the  border  of  Edom 
  (20:16).  From  this  place  in  compliance  with  the  desire  of  the 
  people,  Moses  sent  forth  "twelve  spies"  to  spy  the  land.  After 
  examining  it  in  all  its  districts,  the  spies  brought  back  an 
  evil  report,  Joshua  and  Caleb  alone  giving  a  good  report  of  the 
  land  (13:18-31).  Influenced  by  the  discouraging  report,  the 
  people  abandoned  all  hope  of  entering  into  the  Promised  Land. 
  They  remained  a  considerable  time  at  Kadesh.  (See  HORMAH 
  ¯T0001820;  {KORAH}.)  Because  of  their  unbelief,  they 
  were  condemned  by  God  to  wander  for  thirty-eight  years  in  the 
  wilderness.  They  took  their  journey  from  Kadesh  into  the  deserts 
  of  Paran,  "by  way  of  the  Red  Sea"  (Deut.  2:1).  (One  theory  is 
  that  during  these  thirty-eight  years  they  remained  in  and  about 
  Kadesh.) 
 
  At  the  end  of  these  years  of  wanderings,  the  tribes  were  a 
  second  time  gathered  together  at  Kadesh.  During  their  stay  here 
  at  this  time  Miriam  died  and  was  buried.  Here  the  people 
  murmured  for  want  of  water,  as  their  forefathers  had  done 
  formerly  at  Rephidim;  and  Moses,  irritated  by  their  chidings, 
  "with  his  rod  smote  the  rock  twice,"  instead  of  "speaking  to  the 
  rock  before  their  eyes,"  as  the  Lord  had  commanded  him  (comp. 
  Num.  27:14;  Deut.  9:23;  Ps  106:32,  33).  Because  of  this  act  of 
  his  in  which  Aaron  too  was  involved,  neither  of  them  was  to  be 
  permitted  to  set  foot  within  the  Promised  Land  (Num.  20:12,  24). 
  The  king  of  Edom  would  not  permit  them  to  pass  on  through  his 
  territory,  and  therefore  they  commenced  an  eastward  march,  and 
  "came  unto  Mount  Hor"  (20:22). 
 
  This  place  has  been  identified  with  'Ain  el-Kadeis,  about  12 
  miles  east-south-east  of  Beersheba.  (See  {SPIES}.) 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Kadesh,  holiness