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Joshua 19:50

in Joshua 19

as the LORD had commanded. They gave him the city of Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, as he requested. He rebuilt the city and settled in it.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

according to the commandment of Jehovah they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnath-serah in the hill-country of Ephraim; and he built the city, and dwelt therein.

KJV

According to the word of the Lord they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnath–serah in mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein.

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This verse in Joshua 19

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Origen of Alexandria

HOMILIES ON JOSHUA 26.1 · Written before 253.

And indeed we said above that even our Lord Jesus Christ asks us for a place he may build and in which he may live and that we ought to become so clean of heart, and so sincere of mind, so holy in body and spirit, that he may both deign to accept this place in our soul and to build it and dwell in it. And who do you think among all the people are so acceptable to God that they are worthy to be chosen for this?

This site's exposition

gave an inheritance to Joshua

on Joshua 19:49-51

Joshua is served last, after every tribe has its portion, and he receives his by the people's gift rather than by taking it. The grant comes according to the word of the Lord, the same ground on which Caleb received Hebron at 14:13, so the two men who brought back the good report at Numbers 14 stand at the head of the allotment and at its close. Timnath-serah is where Joshua is buried at 24:30, and Judges 2:9 records the name as Timnath-heres. The division ends where chapter 18 began it, at Shiloh before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

The word of The Lord - As God had promised, or commanded; either formerly, or at this time by Eleazar. He built - That is, repaired and enlarged it, in which sense Nebuchadnezzar is said to have built Babylon, Dan. iv, 30.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Timnath-serah - Called Timnath-heres in Jdg 2:9, where we find that the mountain on which it was built was called Gaash. It is generally allowed to have been a barren spot in a barren country.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

But the gift was not left to the spontaneous feelings of a grateful people. It was conferred "according to the word of the Lord"--probably an unrecorded promise, similar to what had been made to Caleb (Jos 14:9).

The words behind it

19 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • פִּ֨י[the] mouth of

    piH6310 →498 times

  • יְהוָ֜הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • נָ֣תְנוּthey gave

    natenuH5414 →2011 times

  • ל֗וֹto <the> him

    lo

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הָעִיר֙the city

    hairH5892 →1090 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • שָׁאָ֔לhe asked for

    shaalH7592 →171 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • תִּמְנַת־Timnath

    timnat-H8556 →6 times

  • סֶ֖רַחSerah

    serachH8556 →6 times

  • בְּהַ֣רin [the] hill country of

    beharH2022 →546 times

  • אֶפְרָ֑יִםEphraim

    ʾefrayimH669 →180 times

  • וַיִּבְנֶ֥הand he built

    vaiyivnehH1129 →376 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הָעִ֖ירthe city

    hairH5892 →1090 times

  • וַיֵּ֥שֶׁבand he dwelt

    vaiyeshevH3427 →1079 times

  • בָּֽהּ׃in <the> it

    bah

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

3 in all, six open

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 7:24

    His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth-horon, as well as Uzzen-sheerah.

    it leads to

    • Joshua 16:3

      Then it descended westward to the border of the Japhletites as far as the border of Lower Beth-horon and on to Gezer, and it ended at the Sea.

    • Joshua 16:5

      This was the territory of the descendants of Ephraim by their clans: The border of their inheritance went from Ataroth-addar in the east to Upper Beth-horon

    • 2 Chronicles 8:5

      He rebuilt Upper and Lower Beth-horon as fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,

    • 1 Kings 9:17

      So Solomon rebuilt Gezer, Lower Beth-horon,

    • Joshua 10:10

      And the LORD threw them into confusion before Israel, who defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, pursued them along the ascent to Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and…

  • Through

    Judges 2:9

    They buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath-heres in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

    it leads to

    • Joshua 24:30

      And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

  • Through

    Joshua 24:30

    And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

    it leads to

    • Judges 2:9

      They buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath-heres in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

    • 2 Samuel 23:30

      Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai from the brooks of Gaash,

About Joshua

The Walls of Jericho Fall Down, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Walls of Jericho Fall Down, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Joshua: the study guide →Read Joshua 19 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON JOSHUA 26.1.

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