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Kedesh

Biblical geographyBuildings and structures in Northern District (Israel)Canaanite citiesFormer populated places in Southwest AsiaHebrew Bible cities
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Kedesh (alternate spellings: Qedesh, Cadesh, Cydessa) was an ancient Canaanite and later Israelite settlement in Upper Galilee, mentioned few times in the Hebrew Bible. Its remains are located in Tel Kedesh, 3 km northeast of the modern Kibbutz Malkiya in Israel on the Israeli-Lebanese border.As Qadas (also Cadasa; Arabic: قدس), it was a Palestinian village located 17 kilometers northeast of Safad that was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli war. One of seven villages populated by Shia Muslims, called Metawalis, that fell within the boundaries of British Mandate Palestine, Qadas is today known as the tell of the ancient biblical city of Kedesh. The village of Qadas contained many natural springs which served as the village water supply and a Roman temple dating back to the 2nd century AD.

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Kedesh
899, Galil Elyon Regional Council

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Galil Elyon Regional Council
North District, Israel
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