They buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath Heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.
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They buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath Heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.
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And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash.
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And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the hill-country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.
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Passages linked to Judges 2:9 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Joshua 19:50 According to Yahweh’s commandment, they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnathserah in the hill country of Ephraim; and he built the city, and lived there.
- Joshua 24:30 They buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Here, by turning the letters backward is Sereh, as…
Here, by turning the letters backward is Sereh, as Josh. 24:30.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 2:9 And they buried him in the border…
Jdg 2:9 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathheres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash.
Ver. 9. And they buried him.] Burial is a mercy, whatever the Cynics held to the contrary: and places of burial are to be kept decent, in token that we expect a resurrection.
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In Timnathheres.] That is, The picture of the sun which was there worshipped. In detestation whereof, it may seem, the name was altered by transposition of letters in Timnathserah.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Timnath-heres, called Timnath-serah, Jos 19:50; 24:30.
Timnath-heres, called Timnath-serah, Jos 19:50; 24:30.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And they buried him in the border of his…
And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathheres,.... In Jos 24:30; it is called Timnathserah, the letters of "serah" being here inverted, make "heres", which sometimes is used for the sun, Job 9:7; and therefore some observe, that the whole name signifies the figure of the sun, which the Jews say was put on his monument, in commemoration of the miracle of the sun standing still at his request, and had this inscription on it,"this is he that caused the sun to stand still;''but this is not very probable, since it might have had a tendency to idolatry, the sun being what was the first object of idolatrous worship among the Heathens, and had the greatest show of reason for it:
in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash; See Gill on Jos 24:30.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 9. in the border of his inheritance] i.e. within…
9. in the border of his inheritance] i.e. within the district allotted to him, Jos_19:49.
Timnath-heres] An early tradition, mentioned by Eusebius (Onom.Sacr. 261, 33) and Jerome, pointed out the tomb of Joshua at Thamna, a fortified place of some importance in Maccabaean and Roman times (1Ma_9:50; Jos., Ant. xiv. 11, 2, War iv. 8, 1), which, from the topographical notices of Josephus ll. cc., may be identified with the modern Tibneh, about 10 m. N.W. of Beth-el, in the Central Highlands. It is not unlikely that this was Timnath-ḥeres; remarkable tombs are still to be seen on the N. slope of the hill to the S.W. of the town. A later, mediaeval, tradition fixes the site at Hâris, about 9 m. S.W. of Shechem (Nâblus). Timnath-ḥeres, lit. ‘(sacred) territory of the Sun’ (cf. Mount Heres i. 35, Beth-shemesh), is written Timnath-seraḥ in Jos_19:50; Jos_24:30, and by Syr.and Vulgate here, perhaps to avoid idolatrous associations; cf. Isa_19:18, where ḥeres ‘sun’ has been changed to heres ‘destruction.’
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Gaash] has not been identified; 2Sa_23:30 = 1Ch_11:32 mention ‘the wadis of G.’
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (9) They buried him.—This circumstance is usually added in…
(9) They buried him.—This circumstance is usually added in the case of kings, heroes, &c. (Gen_23:19; Jer_22:18, &c.), and this care about burial seems to point to at least a dim hope of that immortality which had not as yet been fully “brought to light.”
In the border of his inheritance.—(See Jos_19:49-50. It was in Mount Ephraim, and in a rugged and barren district—a circumstance which raised the astonishment of Paula at the self-denial of Joshua (Jer., Ep. 108): “She was much astonished that the distributor of possessions had chosen rough mountain districts for himself.”
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Timnath-heres.—“The portion of the sun.” This seems to be a mere “slip of the pen” (Ewald)—an accidental transposition of letters for Timnath-serah (“the portion that remains”), which is the reading of Jos_19:50, and of the best versions, and of some MSS. here. The mistake is, however, ancient, for it originated the Rabbinic story that it is a reference to “the sun standing still upon Gibeah,” and that the image of the sun (temunath ha-cheres) was sculptured on his tomb. The LXX., after Jos_24:30, add the interesting Hagadah (traditional legend), that the people buried in Joshua’s tomb the flint knives with which they had performed the neglected rite of circumcision, after the passage of the Jordan (Jos_5:2). The name Timnath has been, perhaps, preserved in the modern Tibneh, about six miles from Shiloh. Its ruins yet contain some richly decorated tombs. There was another Timnath in Dan.
The hill Gaash.—The name means “mount earthquake.” Its torrent beds are mentioned in 2Sa_23:30. It has not been identified.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Timnath-heres. Probably, though not certainly, the modern Tibneh, six…
Timnath-heres. Probably, though not certainly, the modern Tibneh, six miles from Jifna. It is called in Jos_19:50 and Jos_24:30 Timnath-serah, the letters of which are identical, but the order is inverted. Timnath-heres is probably the right form. It means "The portion of the Sun." We have Mount Heres in Jud 1:35, near Ajalon. Ir-shemesh (city of the sun) and Beth-shemesh (house of the sun) are other instances of places called from the sun. Some have supposed some connection between the name Timnath. heres, as Joshua"s inheritance, and the miracle of the sun standing still upon Gibeon at the word of Joshua. (Jos_10:12, Jos_10:13) The neighbourhood of Timnath-heres to Ajalon (Jud 1:35) may give some countenance to this. The hill Gaash is only elsewhere mentioned as the birthplace of Hiddai or Hurai, (2Sa_23:30 1Ch_11:32) but the exact site is unknown.
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain Timnathserah. Jos 19:50.
Timmathheres
Timnathserah. Jos 19:50.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 he was assigned
he was assigned
This can be stated in active form. AT: "that God gave him" (See: Active or Passive)
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Timnath Heres
This is the name of an area of land. (See: How to Translate Names)
Mount Gaash
This is the name of a mountain. (See: How to Translate Names)
All that generation was also gathered to their fathers
The phrase "was also gathered to their fathers" means that as the people of that generation died, their souls went to the same place as their ancestors who died before them. It is a polite way of saying they died. (See: Euphemism)
fathers
Here this means the ancestors of a certain person or people group.
grew up
"grew older" or "became older"
who did not know Yahweh
Here "did not know" means they had not experienced Yahweh or his power the way the previous generation had.
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assign
Ephraim
generation
ancestor
Yahweh
Israel
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