Kedesh

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Kedesh was an ancient city in the territory of the Israelite tribe of Naphtali, known as a Levitical city of refuge in the Hebrew Bible.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Kedesh in Naphtali 3
Kedesh canonical 1
Kedesh in Galilee 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Levitical city
ancient city
biblical city
city of refuge
archaeologicalSiteNear Kedesh self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tel Kedesh
associatedWithTribe Tribe of Levi
surface form: Levites

Naphtali
biblicalGeographyRole northern city of refuge in Galilee
borderFunction border town of Naphtali
category Cities of refuge
Hebrew Bible cities
Levitical cities
country Ancient Israel
surface form: ancient Israel
designatedAs Levitical city
city of refuge for manslayers
function judicial sanctuary
residential center for Levites
geopoliticalContext Canaan
HebrewName קֶדֶשׁ
legalStatusInTorah place of refuge until trial
listedIn 1 Chronicles 6
Joshua 20
Joshua 21
locatedIn Eretz HaKodesh
surface form: Land of Israel

منطقة الجليل
surface form: Upper Galilee

territory of the tribe of Naphtali
meaningOfName holy
mentionedIn 1 Chronicles
surface form: Book of 1 Chronicles

Book of Joshua
Judges
surface form: Book of Judges

Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible
nearbyRegion Lebanon area
region Galilee
religiousTextContext Tanakh
surface form: Old Testament
religiousTradition Judaism
roleInBiblicalLaw asylum for unintentional killers
sacredStatus set apart for Levitical use
timePeriod Iron Age Levant
tribalTerritory Naphtali

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tribe of Naftali (in some traditions) associatedWithCity Kedesh
subject surface form: Tribe of Naftali
Tribe of Naftali (in some traditions) hadCityOfRefuge Kedesh
subject surface form: Tribe of Naftali
this entity surface form: Kedesh in Galilee
Barak associatedPlace Kedesh
this entity surface form: Kedesh in Naphtali
Deborah calledBarakFrom Kedesh
this entity surface form: Kedesh in Naphtali
Tribe of Naphtali notableCityInTerritory Kedesh
this entity surface form: Kedesh in Naphtali
Kedesh archaeologicalSiteNear Kedesh self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tel Kedesh