Joshua 12:22

“The king of Kedesh, one, etc.] Which afterwards fell to the tribe of Naphtali, and was one of the cities of refuge, (<061937>Joshua 19:37) (<062007>Joshua 20:7); it was situated in upper Galilee on Mount Naphtali, four miles from the city of Sephet, and as many from Capernaum, and twenty miles from Tyre f264: the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one; a city that came to the lot of the tribe of Zebulun, (<061911>Joshua 19:11); and was given to the Levites, (<062134>Joshua 21:34); it was not far from Mount Carmel, from whence it is described.”

“The names of the kings are given in the order of their actual encounter with Joshua. Those enumerated in Joshua 12:10-18 either belonged to the league of the southern Canaanites (Joshua 10:1 ff), the power of which was broken in the battle of Beth-horon, or were at any rate conquered in the campaign following that battle. Those mentioned in Joshua 12:19-24 were in like manner connected with the northern confederates (Joshua 11:1 ff), who were defeated at the Waters of Merom. Joshua 12:13-20 The identification of several of these places is still uncertain: the same name (e. g. Aphek, Joshua 12:18) being applied to various places in various parts of Palestine. Geder, or Gedor Joshua 15:58, a…”

“Kedesh: Jos 15:23, Jos 19:37, Jos 21:32 Jokneam: Jos 19:11 Carmel: Jos 15:55; Sa1 25:2; Isa 35:2 Joshua 12:23”

“Kedesh, a Levitical city and city of refuge upon the mountains of Naphtali ( Jos 19:37; Jos 20:7; Jos 21:32), the home of Barak ( Jdg 4:6), was conquered and depopulated by Tiglath-Pileser ( Kg2 15:29), and was also a well-known place after the captivity (1 Macc. 11:61ff.) It is now an insignificant village, still bearing the ancient name, to the north-west of the lake of Huleh, or, according to Van de Velde (Reise. ii. p. 355), nothing but a miserable farmstead upon a Tell at the south-west extremity of a well-cultivated table-land, with a large quantity of antiquities about, viz., hewn stones, relics of columns, sarcophagi, and two ruins of large buildings, with an open and extensive…”