Judges 2:9

9 They buried him in his own land at Timnath Serah in the mountains of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

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 during the lifetime of Joshua and during the lifetimes of the older leaders who lived after Joshua and who had seen what great things the Lord had done for Israel.

8 Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died at the age of one hundred ten.

9 They buried him in his own land at Timnath Serah in the mountains of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

10 After those people had died, their children grew up and did not know the Lord or what he had done for Israel.

11 So they did what the Lord said was wrong, and they worshiped the Baal idols.