Joshua 19:50

Following the Lord's command, they gave him the town he requested—Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim. He rebuilt the town and settled there.

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In The King James Version

According to the word of the LORD they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnath-serah in mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein.

In Context

49After they finished allotting the land and establishing its borders, the Israelites gave Joshua, son of Nun, an allocation among them.

51These were the allocations distributed by Eleazar the priest, Joshua, son of Nun, and the leaders of the Israelite tribes. They were made by casting lots at Shiloh in the presence of the Lord at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting. So they finished dividing up the land.

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Cross References

Joshua 24:30They buried him in Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash, the land he had been allocated.

1 Kings 4:8Their names were: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;

Matthew Henry on Joshua 19:50-51

The Inheritance of Joshua. ( b. c. 1444.) 49 When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by their coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them: 50 According to the word of the Lord they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnath-serah in mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein. 51 These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel,… Read the whole commentary →

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