Timnath-serah in Biblical History

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What is Timnath-serah?
TIM'NATH-SE'RAH
(portion of abundance), and TIM'NATHHE'RES (portion of the sun), a city in Ephraim assigned to Joshua, and the place of his residence and burial. Jud 2:9; Josh 19:50; Matt 24:30. 1. Christian tradition points to a Tibneh (not that under Timnath), on the Roman road from Jerusalem to Antipatris and some 14 1/2 miles north-north-west of Jerusalem as the site of ancient Timnathserah. Jerome speaks of this place as on the border between the possessions of Dan and Judah. The ruin of Tibneh has a remarkable rock-cemetery, containing nine tombs, south of the site of the town; one of these tombs is large, with a portico supported on rude piers of rock. There are niches for over two hundred lamps, once burning in front of the tomb-entrance. Within there is a chamber with fourteen graves, or kokim, and a passage leads into an inner chamber with only one koka. There is no direct evidence of the date of this tomb, which some have regarded as the tomb of Joshua, but this is hardly probable. Another curious fact is that near the tomb is a great oak tree called sheikh et-Teim, "the chief of the servant of God." There is also a village, about 3 miles to the east, called Kefr lshu'a, or "Joshua's village." 2. Another site proposed for Timnathheres or -serah is at Kefr Haris, 9 miles south of Nablus (Shechem). The Samaritans state that Joshua, son of Nun, and Caleb were here buried. The two tombs of Caleb and Joshua were noticed here by Rabbi Jacob of Paris, a.d. 1258. Conder inclines to this as the burial place of Joshua, since Jew and Samaritan both point to it. (See picture of the tomb of Joshua under Joshua.)

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