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Kadesh or Qadesh or Cades (Biblical Hebrew: קָדֵשׁ, from the root קדש "holy" [1]) is a place-name that occurs several times in the Hebrew Bible, describing a site or sites located south of, or at the southern border of, Canaan and the Kingdom of Judah in the kingdom of Israel.
The Battle of Kadesh took place in the 13th century BC between the Egyptian Empire led by pharaoh Ramesses II and the Hittite Empire led by king Muwatalli II. Their armies engaged each other at the Orontes River , just upstream of Lake Homs and near the archaeological site of Kadesh , along what is today the Lebanon–Syria border .
Kadesh (Syria) or Qadesh, an ancient city of the Levant, on or near the headwaters or a ford of the Orontes River Tell al-Nabi Mando, also called Qadesh and adjacent to the ancient site; Battle of Kadesh or Battle of Qadesh, was a battle between the forces of the Egyptian Empire under Ramesses II and the Hittite Empire under Muwatalli II
Kadesh, or Qadesh, was an ancient city of the Levant on or near the headwaters or a ford of the Orontes River. It was of some importance during the Late Bronze Age and is mentioned in the Amarna letters. It was the site of the Battle of Kadesh between the Hittite and Egyptian empires in the 13th century BC.
Kedesh Naphtali was first documented in the Book of Joshua as a Canaanite citadel conquered by the Israelites under the leadership of Joshua. [4] [5] Ownership of 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 a Levitical city and one of the Cities of Refuge along with Shechem and Kiriath Arba (Joshua 20:7).
In his own Kadesh-Amurru campaign against the Hittite armies, Seti I vanquished his foes at a battle near Kadesh, but the gains proved short-lived since Kadesh was eventually given up by Seti in a later treaty. [11]
[2] [3] It is widely considered to be the location of the biblical Kadesh Barnea. [4] Recently, some authors have referred to it as Tel Kadesh-barnea. [5] Moshe Dothan (1965) referred to it as Tel 'Ein el Qudeirat, [6] while in the early twentieth century Woolley and Lawrence used the spelling Tell Ain el Guderat. [7]
Qetesh (also Qodesh, Qadesh, Qedesh, Qetesh, Kadesh, Kedesh, Kadeš or Qades / ˈ k ɑː d ɛ ʃ /) was a goddess who was incorporated into the ancient Egyptian religion in the late Bronze Age. Her name was likely developed by the Egyptians based on the Semitic root Q-D-Š meaning 'holy' or 'blessed,' [ 2 ] attested as a title of El and ...