Encyclopedia of The Bible – Timnath Serah
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Timnath Serah

TIMNATH SERAH tīm’ năth sĭr’ ə (תִּמְנַת־סֶ֖רַח, precinct remaining) the inheritance and burial place of Joshua according to Joshua 19:50; 24:30. The LXX reads Θαμνασαραχ, which may be either the modern Khirbet-tibneh about twelve m. NW of Ramallah, or the site associted with Timnath-heres, Kafr-Haris. Needless to say, there is very little archeological evidence to support either identification other than some surface finds of Iron Age potsherds. It is highly probable that Timnath-serah and Timnath-heres are two different names, each fully legitimate, going back to two slightly variant forms of the name.