Kadesh

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Kadesh
     the sacred city of the Hittites, on the left bank of the
     Orontes, about 4 miles south of the Lake of Homs. It is
     identified with the great mound Tell Neby Mendeh, some 50 to 100
     feet high, and 400 yards long. On the ruins of the temple of
     Karnak, in Egypt, has been found an inscription recording the


     capture of this city by Rameses II. (See {PHARAOH}.)
     Here the sculptor "has chiselled in deep work on the stone, with
     a bold execution of the several parts, the procession of the
     warriors, the battle before Kadesh, the storming of the
     fortress, the overthrow of the enemy, and the camp life of the
     Egyptians." (See {HITTITES}.)
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Kadesh
     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" (Gen. 14:7;
     Num. 13:3-26; 14:29-33; 20:1; 27:14), on the border of Edom
     (20:16). From this place, in compliance with the desire of the
     people, Moses sent forth "twelve spies" to spy the land. After
     examining it in all its districts, the spies brought back an
     evil report, Joshua and Caleb alone giving a good report of the
     land (13:18-31). Influenced by the discouraging report, the
     people abandoned all hope of entering into the Promised Land.
     They remained a considerable time at Kadesh. (See HORMAH
     ŻT0001820; {KORAH}.) Because of their unbelief, they
     were condemned by God to wander for thirty-eight years in the
     wilderness. They took their journey from Kadesh into the deserts
     of Paran, "by way of the Red Sea" (Deut. 2:1). (One theory is
     that during these thirty-eight years they remained in and about
     Kadesh.)
     
       At the end of these years of wanderings, the tribes were a
     second time gathered together at Kadesh. During their stay here
     at this time Miriam died and was buried. Here the people
     murmured for want of water, as their forefathers had done
     formerly at Rephidim; and Moses, irritated by their chidings,
     "with his rod smote the rock twice," instead of "speaking to the
     rock before their eyes," as the Lord had commanded him (comp.
     Num. 27:14; Deut. 9:23; Ps. 106:32, 33). Because of this act of
     his, in which Aaron too was involved, neither of them was to be
     permitted to set foot within the Promised Land (Num. 20:12, 24).
     The king of Edom would not permit them to pass on through his
     territory, and therefore they commenced an eastward march, and
     "came unto Mount Hor" (20:22).
     
       This place has been identified with 'Ain el-Kadeis, about 12
     miles east-south-east of Beersheba. (See {SPIES}.)
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Kadesh, holiness