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NASB | Joshua 19:50 In accordance with the command of the LORD they gave him the city for which he asked, Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim. So he built the city and settled in it. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Joshua 19:50 According to the command of the LORD they gave him the city for which he asked--Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim. So he built the city and settled in it. |
Bible Question: Joshua 19:50 - What was the approximate size of Timnath-serah, the town in the hill country of Ephraim? Where might I find information regarding the mapped boundaries of this parcel of land? |
Bible Answer: Greetings again, Bonnie, Here is more commentary on Timnath-Serah.. "TIMNATH-SERAH remaining portion, the city of Joshua in the hill country of Ephraim, the same as Timnath-heres (Josh. 19:50; 24:30). "Of all sites I have seen," says Lieut. Col. Conder, "none is so striking as that of Joshua's home, surrounded as it is with deep valleys and wild, rugged hills." Opposite the town is a hill, on the northern side of which there are many excavated sepulchres. Among these is the supposed tomb of Joshua, which is said to be "the most striking monument in the country." It is a "square chamber with five excavations in three of its sides, the central one forming a passage leading into a second chamber beyond. A great number of lamp-niches cover the walls of the porch, upwards of two hundred, arranged in vertical rows. A single cavity with a niche for a lamp has been thought to be the resting-place of the warrior-chief of Israel." The modern Kefr Haris, 10 miles south-west of Shechem." (1) Blessings to you, Makarios (1) Easton's Bible Dictionary |