Kadesh-Barnea

Coordinates: 30 ° 38 ′ 54 ″  N , 34 ° 25 ′ 20 ″  O Kadesh-Barnea ( Hebrew קדש ברנע) was astation on the desert migration mentionedin the Old Testament , which was eight kilometers west of today's Israeli border in northern Sinai . Kadesch-Barnea, one of the most important camp sites of the desert migration, is identified by research with the region of today's En el-Quderat . The place is in the district ( markaz ) El-Quseme of the governorate Shimal Sina (North Sinai).

Biblical account:

• Num 13.17  EU ; 13.26 EU a . ö .: Scout
• Num 20.1  EU : Miriam's death and burial
• Num 20.2  EU : "Haderwasser"
• Num 20.14  EU and Ri 11.16  EU : message to the Edomite king
• Num 20.22  EU : Departure to Mount Hor.

literature

• Israel Finkelstein , Neil Asher Silberman : No Trumpets Before Jericho. The Archaeological Truth About the Bible. Beck, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-4233-4151-3 .
• Article Kades. In: Lexicon for Theology and Church . (LThK) Volume 5: Hanover - Karterios. 2nd, fully revised edition, Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau / Basel / Vienna 1960.
• Article Kades. In: Herbert Haag (ed.): Bible Lexicon. 2nd, revised and increased edition, Benziger , Einsieldeln / Zurich / Cologne 1968 (3rd edition, Benziger, Zurich et al. 1982, ISBN 978-3-545-23040-8 ).

Web links

• Friedrich Schipper:  Kadesch-Barnea. In: Michaela Bauks, Klaus Koenen, Stefan Alkier (eds.): The scientific biblical lexicon on the Internet (WiBiLex), Stuttgart 2006 ff., Accessed on May 26, 2012.