Judges 2:9

9 They buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnat-Heres, in the hill- country of Efrayim, on the north of the mountain of Ga`ash.

Judges 2:9 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 2:9

And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in
Timnathheres
In ( Joshua 24:30 ) ; it is called Timnathserah, the letters of "serah" being here inverted, make "heres", which sometimes is used for the sun, ( Job 9:7 ) ; and therefore some observe, that the whole name signifies the figure of the sun, which the Jews say was put on his monument, in commemoration of the miracle of the sun standing still at his request, and had this inscription on it,

``this is he that caused the sun to stand still;''

but this is not very probable, since it might have had a tendency to idolatry, the sun being what was the first object of idolatrous worship among the Heathens, and had the greatest show of reason for it:

in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash;
(See Gill on Joshua 24:30).

Judges 2:9 In-Context

7 The people served the LORD all the days of Yehoshua, and all the days of the Zakenim who outlived Yehoshua, who had seen all the great work of the LORD that he had worked for Yisra'el.

8 Yehoshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being one hundred ten years old.

9 They buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnat-Heres, in the hill- country of Efrayim, on the north of the mountain of Ga`ash.

10 Also all that generation were gathered to their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, who didn't know the LORD, nor yet the work which he had worked for Yisra'el.

11 The children of Yisra'el did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and served the Ba`alim;