Qadas (also Cadasa; ) was a Palestinian village located 17 kilometers northeast of Safad that was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. One of seven Shia Muslim villages, called Metawalis, that fell within the boundaries of British Mandate Palestine, Qadas is today known as the tell of the ancient biblical city of Kedesh. The village of Qadas contained many natural springs which served as the village water supply and a Roman temple dating back to the 2nd century AD. The village was razed following its depopulation, and is today known as the archaeological site of Tel Kedesh. History Ancient period Qadas is the site of the ancient biblical city of Kedesh. Kedesh Naphtali is mentioned in the Book of Joshua as a Canaanite citadel conquered by the Israelites; later, it became a city of refuge belonging to the Tribe of Naphtali. In the 8th century BCE, during the reign of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser III of the Neo-Assyrian Empire captured Kedesh and deported its inhabitants to Mesopotamia. Classical antiquity In classical antiquity, Kedesh was known as Qadasa. In 259 BCE, Kedesh was mentioned in the Zenon Papyri. According to 1 Maccabees, a battle between Jonathan Maccabeus and the Seleucid king Demetrius II Nicator took place in Kedesh. According to Josephus, after the Jews were massacred in Caesarea in 66 CE, they avenged by attacking a series of gentile cities, including Qadasa, which was then controlled by the Tyrians. During the First Jewish-Roman War, Titus established his camp there prior to his departure for battle with John of Gischala. Archaeological excavations conducted at Kedesh have shown that the town had prospered in the second and third centuries CE, and a large Roman temple complex was built there. Middle ages Under the rule of the Islamic Abbasid Caliphate in the 10th century CE, Qadas was a town in Jund al-Urrdun ("District of Jordan"). According to al-Muqaddasi in 985, "Qadas was a small town on the slope of the mountain. It is 'full of good things'. Jabal Amilah is the district which is in its neighborhood. The town possesses three springs from which the people drink, and they have a bath below the city. The mosque is in the market, and in its court is a palm tree. The climate of this place is very hot. Near Qadas is the (Hulah) Lake." The 14th-century Jewish traveller Ishtori Haparchi wrote of Kedesh: "About