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Timnah Scripture - 2 Chronicles 28:18

The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Bethshemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there....

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Timnah Scripture - Joshua 15:10

And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which [is] Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah:...

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Timnah Scripture - Genesis 36:40

And these [are] the names of the dukes [that came] of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth,...

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Timnah in Wikipedia

Biblical Timnah is identified with the modern archeological site of Tel Batash, in the Sorek Valley of Israel, near Kibbutz Tal Shahar. The site was first settled in the Middle Bronze Age by creating an earthen rampart that enclosed the 10 acre / 40 hectare site. Excavations under the leadership of Amihai Mazar and George L. Kelm during the 19...

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Timnah in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

tim'-na (timnah, timnathah (Josh 19:43; Jdg 14:1,2,5), "allotted portion; Codex Vaticanus Thamnatha; also several Greek variations; King James Version has Timnath in Gen 38:12,13,14; Jdg 14:1,2,5; and Thimnathah in Josh 19:43): (1) A town in the southern part of the hill country of Judah (Josh 15:57). Tibna proposed by Conder, a ruin 8 miles We...

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Timnah in Hitchcock's Bible Names

forbidding...

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Timnah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("a divided or assigned part".) 1. Judah went to shear his sheep in Timnah (Genesis 38:13-14). 2. A boundary town in Judah on the N. side (Joshua 15:10). Near the western extremity, further than Bethshemesh, toward Ekron; in the shephelah or low hills between the mountains and the plain (2 Chronicles 28:18). Probably the same as TIMNATHAH ...

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Timnah in Naves Topical Bible

-1. A duke of Edom Ge 36:40; 1Ch 1:51 -2. A city in the territory of the tribe of Judah Jos 15:10; 2Ch 28:18 -3. A city in the mountains of Judah Jos 15:57...

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Timnah in Easton's Bible Dictionary

a portion. (1.) A town of Judah (Josh. 15:10). The Philistines took possession of it in the days of Ahaz (2 Chr. 28:18). It was about 20 miles west of Jerusalem. It has been identified with Timnatha of Dan (Josh. 19:43), and also with Timnath (Judg. 14:1,5). (2.) A city in the mountains of Judah (Josh.15:57)= Tibna near Jeba'. (3.) A "d...

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Timnah in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(portion). 1. A place which formed one of the landmarks on the north boundary of the allotment of Judah. Jos 15:10 It is probably identical with the Thimnathah of Jos 19:43 and that again with the Timnath, or, more accurately, Timnathah, of Samson Jud 14:1,2,5 and the Thamnatha of the Maccabees. The modern representative of all these various ...

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