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Biblical place

Where was Kadesh?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tell Nebi Mend.

First appears in 2 Samuel 24:6 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

Holy, or Kadesh-Barnea, sacred desert of wandering, a place on the south-eastern border of Palestine, about 165 miles from Horeb. It lay in the “wilderness” or “desert of Zin”. Modern identification: Tell Nebi Mend.

Kadesh is represented in the local geography layer as Tell Nebi Mend. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in 2 Samuel 24:6 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Damascus

About 118 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Galilee

About 220 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 227 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 235 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 282 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Kadesh today

Travel to Kadesh, the modern-day Tell Nebi Mend.

Kadesh is commonly identified with Tell Nebi Mend, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Kadesh is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Tell Nebi Mend

34.558°N · 36.520°E

Key passages

Appears in

2 Samuel

1 chapter · 1 verse mention