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Easton's Bible Dictionary
(1) Genesis 38:12 , 38:14
(2) Hebrew Timnathah, which is appropriately rendered in the Revised Version,
Timnah, a town in Judah.
(3) The town where Samson sojourned, probably identical with "Timnah" (1) ( Judges
14:1-18 ).
Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names
image; figure; enumeration
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(FROM TIMNAH)
(portion).
(1) A place which formed one of the landmarks on the north boundary of the allotment
of Judah. ( Joshua 15:10 ) It is probably identical with the Thimnathah of ( Joshua
19:43 ) and that again with the Timnath, or, more accurately, Timnathah, of Samson
( Judges 14:1 , 14:2 , 14:5 ) and the Thamnatha of the Maccabees. The modern representative
of all these various forms of the same name is probably Tibneh, a village about
two miles west of Ain Shems (Beth-shemesh). In the later history of the Jews,
Timnah must have been a conspicuous place. It was fortified by Bacchides as one
of the most important military posts of Judea. 1 Macc. 9:50.
(2) A town in the mountain district of Judah. ( Joshua 15:57 ) A distinct place
from that just examined. Inaccurately written Timnath in the Authorized Version,
the scene of the adventure of Judah with his daughter in-law Tamar. ( Genesis
38:12 , 38:13 , 38:14 ) There is nothing here to indicate its position. It may
be identified either with the Timnah in the mountains of Judah No. 23 or with
the Timnathath of Samson [No. 1].
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
tim'-hath.
See TIMNAH.
tim'-na (timnah, timnathah (Joshua 19:43 ; Judges 14:1 , 2 , 5), "allotted portion;
Codex Vaticanus Thamnatha; also several Greek variations; King James Version has
Timnath in Genesis 38:12 , 13 , 14 ; Judges 14:1 , 2 , 5 ; and Thimnathah in Joshua
19:43):
(1) A town in the southern part of the hill country of Judah (Joshua 15:57). Tibna
proposed by Conder, a ruin 8 miles West of Bethlehem, seems too far N. (PEF, III,
53, Sh XVII). It is possible this may be the "Timnah" of Genesis 38:12 , 13 ,
14.
(2) A town on the northern border of Judah (Joshua 15:10), lying between Beth-shemesh
and Ekron. It is probably the same Timnah as Judah visited (Genesis 38:12 - 14),
and certainly the scene of Samson's adventures (Judges 14:1); his "father-in-law"
is called a "Timnite" (Judges 15:6). At this time the place is clearly Philistine
(Judges 14:1), though in Joshua 19:43 it is reckoned to Dan. Being on the frontier,
it probably changed hands several times. In 2 Chronicles 28:18 it was captured
from the Philistines by Ahaz, and we learn from Assyrian evidence (Prison Inscription)
that Sennacherib captured a Tamna after the battle of Alteka before he besieged
Ekron (Schrader, Die Keilinschriften und das Altes Testament, 170). The site is
undoubted. It is now a deserted ruin called Tibneh on the southern slopes of the
Wady es Surar (Valley of Sorek), about 2 miles West of Beth-shemesh. There is
a spring, and there are evident signs of antiquity (PEF, II, 417, 441, Sh XVI).
(3) There was probably a Timna in Edom (Genesis 36:12 , 22 , 40 ; 1 Chronicles
1:39 , 51). Eusebius and Jerome (in Onomasticon) recognized a Thamna in Edom at
their time.
(4) The "Thamnatha" of 1 Macc 9:50 (the King James Version) is probably another
Timnah, and identical with the Thamna of Josephus (BJ, III, iii, 5; IV, viii,
1). This is probably the Tibneh, 10 miles Northwest of Bethel, an extensive ruin.
E. W. G. Masterman
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