Timnath
Town · also Timnah
Location disputed Tel Batash: about 30 km (19 miles, 170 furlongs) west of Jerusalem
Where Scholars Place It
- Tel Batash Possible
- Tel Main Possible
- Khirbet et Tabbaneh Less likely
- Khirbet Umm Lasafa Less likely
- Khirbet Abu Shaban Less likely
Timnath in the Bible Dictionary · Another Timnath (town · Joshua 15:10)
Named in 3 Verses
- Genesis 38:12 And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
- Genesis 38:13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.
- Genesis 38:14 And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.
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