Timnath-heres
Timnath-heres (or Timnath-serah), a town in the hill country of Ephraim, allotted to Joshua, where he was buried.
The name Timnath-heres means “or Timnath-serah, image of the sun; numbering of the rest”
PlaceOld Testament2 books3 verses
Summary
A location first mentioned at Judges 2:9; referred to as Timnath-heres (תִּמְנַת חֶרֶס) or Timnath-serah (תִּמְנַת סֶ֫רַח).
Location
- Identified as
- Khirbet Tibnah
- Certainty
- Likely (81% of scholarship)
- Coordinates
- 32.008° N, 35.107° E
Events
Dates are approximate
- Death of Joshuac. 1424 BC
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- תִּמְנַת חֶרֶסTimnath-heres
- תִּמְנַת סֶ֫רַחTimnath-serah
Mentions
- Joshua 19:50תִּמְנַת סֶ֫רַח · Timnath-serah…as the LORD had commanded. They gave him the city of Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, as he requested. He rebuilt the city and settled in it.
- Joshua 24:30תִּמְנַת סֶ֫רַח · Timnath-serahAnd they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
- Judges 2:9תִּמְנַת חֶרֶס · Timnath-heresThey buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath-heres in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.