Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 2:9
And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash.
9. in the border of his inheritance ] i.e. within the district allotted to him, Jos 19:49.
Timnath-heres ] An early tradition, mentioned by Eusebius ( Onom. Sacr. 261, 33) and Jerome, pointed out the tomb of Joshua at Thamna, a fortified place of some importance in Maccabaean and Roman times ( 1Ma 9:50 ; Jos., Ant. xiv. 11, 2, War iv. 8, 1), which, from the topographical notices of Josephus ll. cc., may be identified with the modern Tibneh, about 10 m. N.W. of Beth-el, in the Central Highlands. It is not unlikely that this was Timnath-eres; remarkable tombs are still to be seen on the N. slope of the hill to the S.W. of the town. A later, mediaeval, tradition fixes the site at Hris, about 9 m. S.W. of Shechem (Nblus). Timnath-eres, lit. ‘(sacred) territory of the Sun’ (cf. Mount Heres i. 35, Beth-shemesh), is written Timnath-sera in Jos 19:50; Jos 24:30, and by Syr . and Vulgate here, perhaps to avoid idolatrous associations; cf. Isa 19:18, where eres ‘sun’ has been changed to heres ‘destruction.’
Gaash ] has not been identified; 2Sa 23:30 = 1Ch 11:32 mention ‘the wadis of G.’
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Timnath-heres, called Timnath-serah, Jos 19:50; 24:30.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathheres,…. In Jos 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 comments on Jos 24:30].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(9) They buried him.This circumstance is usually added in the case of kings, heroes, &c. (Gen. 23:19; Jer. 22:18, &c.), and this care about burial seems to point to at least a dim hope of that immortality which had not as yet been fully brought to light.
In the border of his inheritance.(See Jos. 19:49-50. It was in Mount Ephraim, and in a rugged and barren districta circumstance which raised the astonishment of Paula at the self-denial of Joshua (Jer., Ep. 108): She was much astonished that the distributor of possessions had chosen rough mountain districts for himself.
Timnath-heres.The portion of the sun. This seems to be a mere slip of the pen (Ewald)an accidental transposition of letters for Timnath-serah (the portion that remains), which is the reading of Jos. 19:50, and of the best versions, and of some MSS. here. The mistake is, however, ancient, for it originated the Rabbinic story that it is a reference to the sun standing still upon Gibeah, and that the image of the sun (temunath ha-cheres) was sculptured on his tomb. The LXX., after Jos. 24:30, add the interesting Hagadah (traditional legend), that the people buried in Joshuas tomb the flint knives with which they had performed the neglected rite of circumcision, after the passage of the Jordan (Jos. 5:2). The name Timnath has been, perhaps, preserved in the modern Tibneh, about six miles from Shiloh. Its ruins yet contain some richly decorated tombs. There was another Timnath in Dan.
The hill Gaash.The name means mount earthquake. Its torrent beds are mentioned in 2Sa. 23:30. It has not been identified.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Jdg 2:9 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathheres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash.
Ver. 9. And they buried him. ] Burial is a mercy, whatever the Cynics held to the contrary: and places of burial are to be kept decent, in token that we expect a resurrection.
In Timnathheres.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Timnath-heres. Some codices, with Syriac and Vulg, read “Timnathserah”. Compare Jos 19:50; Jos 24:30.
mount = hill country.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Timmathheres
Timnathserah. Jos 19:50.
Fuente: Scofield Reference Bible Notes
Timnathheres: This was his own inheritance; and Eusebius says it was celebrated in his time for the tomb of Joshua. Jos 19:50, Jos 24:30, Timnath-serah
Reciprocal: 2Sa 20:21 – a man 2Sa 23:30 – brooks
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2:9 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in {d} Timnathheres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash.
(d) Heres, by turning the letters backward is Sereh, as in Jos 24:30.