Kadesh, a place visited by Joab during David's census of Israel (2Sa.24.6).
Also known as Tahtim Hodshi · Hittites
Kadesh is mentioned in 2Sa.24.6 as a place visited by Joab, the commander of David's army, during the census of Israel ordered by King David. The census, which was considered a sinful act, brought God's anger upon Israel. Joab and the army leaders traveled through the land, including the area of Kadesh, to count the people. The exact location of this Kadesh is uncertain, and it is not clear if it is the same as Kadesh-barnea, a more prominent place mentioned elsewhere in the Bible.
Approximate location: 34.558, 36.523 · view on a map · on the Bible atlas
The land of the newly inhabited, (2 Sam. 24:6). It is conjectured that, instead of this word, the reading should be, “the Hittites of Kadesh,” the Hittite capital, on the Orontes. It was apparently some region east of the Jordan and north of Gilead.
TAH'TIM-HOD'SHI, THE LAND OF. This is admitted to be an inaccurate text, but neither the Septuagint nor the Syriac version throws light on the true reading. The land was visited by Joab while taking the census of the land of Israel. 2 Sam 24:6. Some make it a proper name, some translate it as above; others translate the first part, and make "Hodshi" a proper name. This is done by Furst, who makes Hodshi a city in Northern Palestine. Porter (in Kitto) says it was manifestly a section of the upper valley of the Jordan, probably that now called Ard-el-Huleh, lying deep down at the western base of Hermon. Merrill locates it at the south end of the Sea of Galilee.
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1 verse in 1 book · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H8483
Then they went to Gilead and the land of Tahtim-hodshi, and on to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon.
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