The allocation of cities to the Levites from the territory of the Tribe of Issachar sheds light on instances of overlapping geographic names in the biblical record. Included in this land grant are the city of Daberath with its surrounding open lands, as well as a city called Kedesh.
The primary approach among commentators is that this Kedesh is actually the exact same location as the city of Kishion, which appears in the parallel historical record in the Book of Joshua. The specific use of the name Kedesh in this context serves to clearly distinguish this town from the much more famous primary city of refuge known as Kedesh Naphtali, which is detailed later in the text [ביאור שטיינזלץ].