Judges 2:9

9 He was buried in his own part of the land at Timnath Serah in the hill country of Ephraim north of Mount Gaash. ¹

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 As long as Joshua lived, the people of Israel served the Lord, and even after his death they continued to do so as long as the leaders were alive who had seen for themselves all the great things that the Lord had done for Israel.

8 The Lord's servant Joshua son of Nun died at the age of a hundred and ten.

9 He was buried in his own part of the land at Timnath Serah in the hill country of Ephraim north of Mount Gaash.

10 That whole generation also died, and the next generation forgot the Lord and what he had done for Israel.

11 Then the people of Israel sinned against the Lord and began to serve the Baals.

Cross References

• 1. 2.9Joshua 19.49, 50.