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Timnath-serah - location profile

Location and Setting

• Timnath-serah was nestled in the hills of southern Samaria in the Hill Country of Ephraim, thirteen miles southeast of Aphek and ten miles northwest of Bethel.
• The city was situated on the road that linked Aphek in the Sharon Plain and Bethel. It therefore controlled the northwestern approach to the strategic Central Benjamite Plain.
• Timnath-serah means "extra portion" or "portion of abundance" (Hebrew), a possible reference to the fact that this town was given to Joshua who had led the conquest of the Land. An alternate name for this location was Timnath-heres meaning "portion of the sun" (Judg 2:9).

Historical and Biblical Significance

• When Israel divided the land after the Conquest, Joshua was given the city of Timnath-serah as his personal inheritance, as he had requested (Josh 19:50).
• At the age of 110 years, Joshua died and he was buried in Timnath-serah (Josh 24:30; Judg 2:9).

Bibliography

1. Aharoni, Y. and M. Avi-Yonah. The Macmillan Bible Atlas. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1993.
2. Monson, James M. Regions on the Run. Rockford: Biblical Backgrounds, Inc., 1998.
3. Tenney, Merrill C. ed. The Zondervan Pictorial Bible Dictionary. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1967.
4. White, W. Jr. "Timnath-serah" and "Timnath-heres" The Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible. Ed. Merrill C. Tenney. 5 vols. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1976.