Kedesh in Galilee
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Joshua 19:35–38 names Kedesh among the fortified cities of the children of Naphtali, and 19:39 says that the cities with their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families. Joshua 20:7 says that Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali was set apart, and 21:27–32 that Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, was given out of the tribe of Naphtali to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites. Judges 4:6 has Deborah send and call Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh Naphtali, and at 4:9–11 Deborah goes with Barak to Kedesh, Barak calls Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh and ten thousand men follow him, and Heber the Kenite has pitched his tent as far as the oak in Zaanannim, which is by Kedesh.
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- 1CH 6:71–76, engwebp
71To the sons of Gershom were given, out of the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its pasture lands, and Ashtaroth with its pasture lands;
72and out of the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands,
73Ramoth with its pasture lands, and Anem with its pasture lands;
74and out of the tribe of Asher, Mashal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands,
75Hukok with its pasture lands, and Rehob with its pasture lands;
76and out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands, Hammon with its pasture lands, and Kiriathaim with its pasture lands.
- 2KI 15:29, engwebp
29In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria.
- JDG 4:6–10, engwebp
6She sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh Naphtali, and said to him, “Hasn’t the LORD, the God of Israel, commanded, ‘Go and lead the way to Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
7I will draw to you, to the river Kishon, Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into your hand.’”
8Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, then I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go.”
9She said, “I will surely go with you. Nevertheless, the journey that you take won’t be for your honor; for the LORD will sell Sisera into a woman’s hand.” Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.
10Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh. Ten thousand men followed him; and Deborah went up with him.
- JDG 4:11, engwebp
11Now Heber the Kenite had separated himself from the Kenites, even from the children of Hobab, Moses’ brother-in-law, and had pitched his tent as far as the oak in Zaanannim, which is by Kedesh.
- JOS 19:35–38, engwebp
35The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth,
36Adamah, Ramah, Hazor,
37Kedesh, Edrei, En Hazor,
38Iron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath, and Beth Shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.
- JOS 19:39, engwebp
39This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities with their villages.
- JOS 20:7–8, engwebp
7They set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
8Beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
- JOS 21:27–33, engwebp
27They gave to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh Golan in Bashan with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, and Be Eshterah with its pasture lands: two cities.
28Out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands,
29Jarmuth with its pasture lands, En Gannim with its pasture lands: four cities.
30Out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands,
31Helkath with its pasture lands, and Rehob with its pasture lands: four cities.
32Out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, Hammothdor with its pasture lands, and Kartan with its pasture lands: three cities.
33All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their pasture lands.
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Unresolved interpretation: The cities of the Levites in Joshua 21 and 1 Chronicles 6
- 1 Chronicles 6:54–81 give the dwelling places of the Levites. 6:60 gives all the cities of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, as thirteen; 6:61–63 give ten cities to the rest of the sons of Kohath, thirteen to the sons of Gershom, and twelve to the sons of Merari; 6:57 opens its cities with “To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge”, and 6:67 with “They gave to them the cities of refuge”.
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- 1CH 6:54–60, engwebp
54Now these are their dwelling places according to their encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites (for theirs was the first lot),
55to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and its pasture lands around it;
56but the fields of the city and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
57To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, Hebron, Libnah also with its pasture lands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,
58Hilen with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands,
59Ashan with its pasture lands, and Beth Shemesh with its pasture lands;
60and out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba with its pasture lands, Allemeth with its pasture lands, and Anathoth with its pasture lands. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
- 1CH 6:61–65, engwebp
61To the rest of the sons of Kohath were given by lot, out of the family of the tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities.
62To the sons of Gershom, according to their families, out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
63To the sons of Merari were given by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
64The children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities with their pasture lands.
65They gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities which are mentioned by name.
- 1CH 6:66–70, engwebp
66Some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their borders out of the tribe of Ephraim.
67They gave to them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its pasture lands and Gezer with its pasture lands,
68Jokmeam with its pasture lands, Beth Horon with its pasture lands,
69Aijalon with its pasture lands, Gath Rimmon with its pasture lands;
70and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its pasture lands, and Bileam with its pasture lands, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath.
- 1CH 6:71–76, engwebp
71To the sons of Gershom were given, out of the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its pasture lands, and Ashtaroth with its pasture lands;
72and out of the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands,
73Ramoth with its pasture lands, and Anem with its pasture lands;
74and out of the tribe of Asher, Mashal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands,
75Hukok with its pasture lands, and Rehob with its pasture lands;
76and out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands, Hammon with its pasture lands, and Kiriathaim with its pasture lands.
- 1CH 6:77–81, engwebp
77To the rest of the Levites, the sons of Merari, were given, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono with its pasture lands, and Tabor with its pasture lands;
78and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with its pasture lands, Jahzah with its pasture lands,
79Kedemoth with its pasture lands, and Mephaath with its pasture lands;
80and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its pasture lands, Mahanaim with its pasture lands,
81Heshbon with its pasture lands, and Jazer with its pasture lands.
- 1CH 6:54–60, engwebp
- Joshua 21:9–40 gives thirteen cities to the children of Aaron the priest, ten to the rest of the families of the children of Kohath, thirteen to the Gershonites and twelve to the children of Merari, and calls Hebron (21:13), Shechem (21:21), Golan (21:27), Kedesh in Galilee (21:32) and Ramoth in Gilead (21:38) the city of refuge for the man slayer.
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- JOS 21:9–19, engwebp
9They gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are mentioned by name:
10and they were for the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.
11They gave them Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its pasture lands around it.
12But they gave the fields of the city and its villages to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
13To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, Libnah with its pasture lands,
14Jattir with its pasture lands, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,
15Holon with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands,
16Ain with its pasture lands, Juttah with its pasture lands, and Beth Shemesh with its pasture lands: nine cities out of those two tribes.
17Out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands,
18Anathoth with its pasture lands, and Almon with its pasture lands: four cities.
19All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their pasture lands.
- JOS 21:20–26, engwebp
20The families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the children of Kohath, had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
21They gave them Shechem with its pasture lands in the hill country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the man slayer, and Gezer with its pasture lands,
22Kibzaim with its pasture lands, and Beth Horon with its pasture lands: four cities.
23Out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its pasture lands, Gibbethon with its pasture lands,
24Aijalon with its pasture lands, Gath Rimmon with its pasture lands: four cities.
25Out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its pasture lands, and Gath Rimmon with its pasture lands: two cities.
26All the cities of the families of the rest of the children of Kohath were ten with their pasture lands.
- JOS 21:27–33, engwebp
27They gave to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh Golan in Bashan with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, and Be Eshterah with its pasture lands: two cities.
28Out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands,
29Jarmuth with its pasture lands, En Gannim with its pasture lands: four cities.
30Out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands,
31Helkath with its pasture lands, and Rehob with its pasture lands: four cities.
32Out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, Hammothdor with its pasture lands, and Kartan with its pasture lands: three cities.
33All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their pasture lands.
- JOS 21:34–40, engwebp
34To the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasture lands, Kartah with its pasture lands,
35Dimnah with its pasture lands, and Nahalal with its pasture lands: four cities.
36Out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its pasture lands, Jahaz with its pasture lands,
37Kedemoth with its pasture lands, and Mephaath with its pasture lands: four cities.
38Out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, and Mahanaim with its pasture lands,
39Heshbon with its pasture lands, Jazer with its pasture lands: four cities in all.
40All these were the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites. Their lot was twelve cities.
- JOS 21:9–19, engwebp
Joshua 21:9–40 and 1 Chronicles 6:54–81 give the cities given to the sons of Aaron, to the rest of the sons of Kohath, to the sons of Gershon and to the sons of Merari, and both editions name many of them differently: where Joshua names Holon, Ain, Almon, Kibzaim, Taanach, Gath Rimmon (21:25), Be Eshterah, Kishion, Jarmuth, En Gannim, Mishal, Helkath, Hammothdor, Kartan and Jahaz, 1 Chronicles names Hilen, Ashan, Allemeth, Jokmeam, Aner, Bileam, Ashtaroth, Kedesh, Ramoth, Anem, Mashal, Hukok, Hammon, Kiriathaim and Jahzah; and for Jokneam, Kartah, Dimnah and Nahalal, which Joshua 21:34–35 names out of the tribe of Zebulun, 1 Chronicles 6:77 names Rimmono and Tabor. Joshua’s Juttah, Gibeon, Elteke and Gibbethon are not named in 1 Chronicles 6. 1 Chronicles 6:69 names Aijalon and Gath Rimmon after the cities given out of the tribe of Ephraim, where Joshua 21:23–24 gives the two out of the tribe of Dan, and 1 Chronicles 6 does not name Dan. 1 Chronicles 6:57 and 6:67 open their cities with “the cities of refuge”, where Joshua 21 calls Hebron, Shechem, Golan, Kedesh in Galilee and Ramoth in Gilead the city of refuge for the man slayer. 1 Chronicles 6:60 gives thirteen, 6:61 ten and 6:63 twelve, and the names of 6:54–60, 6:66–70 and 6:77–81 do not reach those numbers. This collection records each book’s list as its verses give it, links only the same names, and does not decide how the two lists fit together.
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Kedesh, Edrei, En Hazor,
They set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
Out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, Hammothdor with its pasture lands, and Kartan with its pasture lands: three cities.
She sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh Naphtali, and said to him, “Hasn’t the LORD, the God of Israel, commanded, ‘Go and lead the way to Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
She said, “I will surely go with you. Nevertheless, the journey that you take won’t be for your honor; for the LORD will sell Sisera into a woman’s hand.” Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.
Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh. Ten thousand men followed him; and Deborah went up with him.
Now Heber the Kenite had separated himself from the Kenites, even from the children of Hobab, Moses’ brother-in-law, and had pitched his tent as far as the oak in Zaanannim, which is by Kedesh.
In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria.
and out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands, Hammon with its pasture lands, and Kiriathaim with its pasture lands.
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Kedesh in Galilee (place-kedesh-galilee) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/place/kedesh-galilee Current wording: Joshua 19:35–38 names Kedesh among the fortified cities of the children of Naphtali, and 19:39 says that the cities with their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families. Joshua 20:7 says that Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali was set apart, and 21:27–32 that Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, was given out of the tribe of Naphtali to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites. Judges 4:6 has Deborah send and call Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh Naphtali, and at 4:9–11 Deborah goes with Barak to Kedesh, Barak calls Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh and ten thousand men follow him, and Heber the Kenite has pitched his tent as far as the oak in Zaanannim, which is by Kedesh. Cited evidence: 1CH 6:71–76, engwebp / 2KI 15:29, engwebp / JDG 4:6–10, engwebp / JDG 4:11, engwebp / JOS 19:35–38, engwebp / JOS 19:39, engwebp / JOS 20:7–8, engwebp / JOS 21:27–33, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.