Bible Strands
Joshua 15:23
Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Joshua records the southern tribal allotment to the leaders of Judah during the initial distribution of the conquered land. The narrator lists specific towns to define the inheritance boundaries.
The words — וְ/קֶ֥דֶשׁ (ve./Ke.desh) and וְ/חָצ֖וֹר (ve./cha.Tzor) both begin with the conjunction וְ meaning "and," linking Kedesh and Hazor to the preceding list. These forms function purely as grammatical connectors within a territorial survey.
The thread — The text places Kedesh in Numbers 33:37 as a wilderness campsite and in Joshua 12:22 as a defeated king’s city. Joshua 15:23 uses the name solely to mark a geographic point within the Judahite boundary list.
Why it lands — The passage presents a concrete inventory of assigned locations without commentary or theological expansion. It requires a reader to track the precise fulfillment of land promises through documented geography.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,
Cross-references
- Numbers 33:37 They set out from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the outskirts of the land of Edom.
- Deuteronomy 1:19 And just as the LORD our God had commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites, through all the vast and terrifying wilderness you have seen. When we reached Kadesh-barnea,
- Joshua 12:22 the king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one;