Kedesh

:This article is about Kedesh on the Israeli-Lebanese border, see also Kadesh or Kadesh (South of Israel) .
The ruins of the ancient Canaanite village of Kedesh are located within the modern Kibbutz Malkiya in Israel on the Israeli-Lebanese border.Negev and Gibson, 2005, p. 278. 
Kedesh was first documented in the Book of Joshua as a Canaanite citadel that was conquered by the Israelites under the leadership of Joshua. 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) (). 
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 ().
Later, in the 5th century BCE Kedesh may have become the capital for the Persian controlled, Tyrian administrated province of the Upper GalileeBerlin, Andrea and Herbert, Sharon (2005). "Life and Death on the Israel-Lebanon Border". Biblical Archaeology Review 31 (5), 34-43..
In 259 BC Kedesh was mentioned by Zenon, a traveling merchant from EgyptPapyrus Cairo Zenon I 59.004.
Between 145 BC and 143 BC Kedesh (Cades) was overthrown by Jonathan Maccabeus in his fight against the Seleucid king Demetrius I Soter 1 Maccabees 11:63-74 (text)
 Antiquities of the Jews 13.154-62; The Wars of the Jews 2.459, 4.104.. It remains abandoned until this day. Tel Kedesh continues to be excavated by the University of Michigan.
==Other==
In the Book of Judges, the great oak tree in Zaanaim is stated to be near Kedesh ().
==See also==
* Qadas
==External links==
* History of Kedesh
==References==
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Category:Hebrew Bible cities
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Category:Former settlements in south west Asia