As soon as Seti I returned to Egypt, the Hittite king, Mursilis II, marched south to take Kadesh and make it a stronghold of the Hittite defenses in Syria.
From the 15th century BC onward, the term Amurru is usually applied to the region extending north of Canaan as far as Kadesh on the Orontes.
Most commentators structure Numbers in three sections based on locale (Mount Sinai, Kadesh-Barnea and the plains of Moab), linked by two travel sections.
He sailed from Kadesh in February 999 CE into the Atlantic, landed in Gando (Gran Canaria) visiting King Guanariga, and continued westward where he saw and named two islands, Capraria and Pluitana.
Nitzanei Sinai, a communal settlement also known as Kadesh Barne'a after the Exodus station of that name.
The lack of resolution led to further conflict between Egypt and the Hittites, with Ramesses II capturing the city of Kadesh and Amurru in his 8th year as king.