Timnath-serah
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[= share of the sun?], a place in the mountainous region of Ephraim at the northern foot of Mount Gaash, where Joshua was buried in his share [Judg 2:9 ]. It was a cultic site with a spring. The meaning of the name also points in this direction. In [Josh 19:50 ; Josh 24:30 ], the name is Timnath-serah. It may be today's Tibnah, about 20 km northwest of Lydda and 12 km southwest of Kefr Haris. According to Samaritan tradition, both Joshua and Caleb were buried here. Excavations have uncovered many ancient tombs.
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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.
EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary