as the LORD had commanded. They gave him the city of Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, as he requested. He rebuilt the city and settled in it. as the LORD had commandedThis phrase underscores the divine authority and guidance in the allocation of the land. The Hebrew root for "commanded" is צָוָה (tsavah), which implies a directive given with authority. This highlights the obedience of the Israelites to God's instructions, reflecting a central theme in the book of Joshua: the importance of following God's commands to receive His blessings. Historically, this obedience is seen as a key factor in the successful conquest and settlement of the Promised Land. they gave him the city he had requested
The phrase indicates a fulfillment of a personal request by Joshua, the leader of Israel. The Hebrew word for "requested" is שָׁאַל (sha'al), which means to ask or inquire. This suggests a respectful petition rather than a demand, reflecting Joshua's humility and the respect he commanded among the Israelites. The granting of his request signifies the people's recognition of his leadership and service. Timnath-serah
This is the name of the city given to Joshua, located in the hill country of Ephraim. The name "Timnath-serah" can be translated as "portion of abundance" or "extra portion," which may symbolize the reward for Joshua's faithful service. Archaeological evidence suggests that this area was indeed settled during the period of the Israelite conquest, aligning with the biblical narrative. in the hill country of Ephraim
The hill country of Ephraim was a central and significant region in ancient Israel. Ephraim was one of the prominent tribes, and its territory included important religious and political centers. The allocation of land in this region to Joshua underscores his status and the strategic importance of the area. Historically, Ephraim played a crucial role in the history of Israel, often being at the center of events in the Old Testament. And he built up the city and settled there
This phrase indicates Joshua's active role in establishing and fortifying his inheritance. The Hebrew word for "built up" is בָּנָה (banah), which means to build or establish. This not only refers to physical construction but also to the establishment of a community and governance. Joshua's settlement in Timnath-serah symbolizes the completion of his mission and the beginning of a new chapter for the Israelites in the Promised Land. It serves as an inspirational reminder of the rewards of faithfulness and the fulfillment of God's promises. Persons / Places / Events 1. JoshuaThe central figure in this passage, Joshua was the leader of the Israelites after Moses. He was a faithful servant of God, leading the people into the Promised Land and overseeing its division among the tribes. 2. Timnath-serahThe city given to Joshua as his inheritance. Located in the hill country of Ephraim, it became his dwelling place and a symbol of God's faithfulness to His promises. 3. EphraimOne of the tribes of Israel, descended from Joseph's son Ephraim. The hill country of Ephraim was a significant region in the central part of the Promised Land. 4. The LORD's CommandThe allocation of Timnath-serah to Joshua was in obedience to God's command, highlighting the divine authority and order in the distribution of the land. 5. Settlement and BuildingJoshua's act of building up the city and settling there signifies establishing a permanent home and fulfilling God's promise of rest in the land. Teaching Points Faithfulness in LeadershipJoshua's life exemplifies faithful leadership. As believers, we are called to lead with integrity and obedience to God's commands. God's Promises FulfilledThe allocation of Timnath-serah to Joshua is a testament to God's faithfulness. We can trust that God will fulfill His promises in our lives. Inheritance in ChristJust as Joshua received a physical inheritance, believers have a spiritual inheritance in Christ. We should live in the reality of this inheritance daily. Building and SettlingJoshua's building and settling in Timnath-serah symbolize establishing a life rooted in God's promises. We are called to build our lives on the foundation of God's word. Obedience to God's CommandsThe passage underscores the importance of obedience to God's commands, which leads to blessing and fulfillment. Bible Study Questions 1. How does Joshua's leadership and faithfulness inspire you in your own walk with God? 2. In what ways can you see God's promises being fulfilled in your life, similar to how Joshua received Timnath-serah? 3. How does the concept of spiritual inheritance in Christ impact your daily life and decisions? 4. What are some practical ways you can "build and settle" in the promises of God in your current circumstances? 5. How can you ensure that your actions and decisions align with God's commands, as demonstrated by Joshua's obedience? Connections to Other Scriptures Numbers 34:17-19This passage outlines the leaders appointed to distribute the land, including Joshua, emphasizing his role in fulfilling God's promises. Deuteronomy 1:38God’s promise to Joshua that he would lead the people into the land, showing the fulfillment of God's word in Joshua 19:50. Hebrews 4:8-10Discusses the rest that Joshua provided for Israel, which is a foreshadowing of the ultimate rest found in Christ. People Allon, Anath, Asher, Dagon, Dan, Danites, Eleazar, Elon, Heleb, Hepher, Hosah, Israelites, Issachar, Japhia, Jezreel, Joshua, Naphtali, Nun, Rehob, Serah, Shema, Shimron, Shual, Simeon, Simeonites, Timnah, Zebulun, ZidonPlaces Achshaph, Achzib, Adami-nekeb, Aijalon, Ain, Allammelech, Amad, Anaharath, Aphek, Ashan, Aznoth-tabor, Baalath, Baalath-beer, Balah, Beersheba, Bene-berak, Beten, Beth-anath, Beth-dagan, Beth-emek, Beth-lebaoth, Bethlehem, Beth-marcaboth, Beth-pazzez, Beth-shemesh, Bethul, Cabul, Carmel, Chesulloth, Chinnereth, Chisloth-tabor, Dabbesheth, Daberath, Dan, Ebez, Ebron, Edrei, Ekron, Elon, Eltekeh, Eltolad, En-gannim, En-haddah, Eshtaol, Ether, Ezem, Gath-hepher, Gath-rimmon, Gibbethon, Gibeah, Hali, Hammath, Hammon, Hannathon, Hapharaim, Hazar-shual, Hazar-susah, Hazor, Heleph, Helkath, Horem, Hormah, Hosah, Hukkok, Idalah, Ir-shemesh, Ithlah, Jabneel, Japhia, Jehud, Jezreel, Jokneam, Joppa, Jordan River, Kanah, Kattath, Kedesh, Kishion, Lakkum, Leshem, Mahalab, Me-jarkon, Migdal-el, Mishal, Moladah, Nahalal, Neah, Negeb, Neiel, Rabbith, Rakkath, Rakkon, Ramah, Rehob, Remeth, Rimmon, Sarid, Shaalabbin, Shahazumah, Sharuhen, Sheba, Shiloh, Shimron, Shion, Shunem, Sidon the Great, Tabor, Timnah, Timnath-serah, Tyre, Ummah, Valley of Iphtahel, Yiron, Zaanannim, Zer, Ziddim, Ziklag, ZorahTopics Accordance, Buildeth, Building, Built, Command, Commandment, Dwelleth, Dwelt, Ephraim, E'phraim, Hill, Hill-country, Living-place, Mount, Orders, Rebuilt, Request, Serah, Settled, Therein, Timnath, Timnathserah, Timnath-serah, Tim'nath-se'rah, TownDictionary of Bible Themes Joshua 19:50 5586 town Library Tiberias.
All the Jews declare, almost with one consent, that this was a fortified city from ancient times, even from the days of Joshua, and was the same with Rakkath, of which mention is made, Joshua 19:35. "Rakkath is Tiberias," say the Jerusalem Gemarists. And those of Babylon say the same, and that more largely: "It is clear to us that Rakkath is Tiberias." And when, after a few lines, this of Rabbi Jochanan was objected, "When I was a boy, I said a certain thing, concerning which I asked the elders, …
John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and HebraicaChammath. Ammaus. The Warm Baths of Tiberias.
Chammath and Rakkath are joined together, Joshua 19:35. For they were very neighbouring cities; Rakkath is Tiberias,--and Chammath, the town Ammaus, in Josephus. Of their neighbourhood, the Jerusalem Talmudists write thus: "The men of a great city may walk" (on the sabbath) "through a whole small city" (which was within a sabbath-day's journey); "but the inhabitants of a small city walk not through a whole great city." And then follows, "Formerly the men of Tiberias walked through all Chammath; but …
John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica Some Other Towns Near Tiberias. Beth-Meon. Caphar Chittaia. Paltathah.
Among the towns, neighbouring upon Tiberias, Tarichee is especially commemorated in Josephus, a city thirty furlongs distant from Tiberias: you will find in him the history and mention of it very frequent. In the Talmudists we meet with other names also. I. Beth-Meon. "The men of Tiberias, who went up to Beth-Meon to be hired for workmen, were hired according to the custom of Beth-Meon: the men of Beth-Meon, who went down to Tiberias to be hired, were hired according to the custom of Tiberias." This …
John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica Eastern Wise-Men, or Magi, visit Jesus, the New-Born King.
(Jerusalem and Bethlehem, b.c. 4.) ^A Matt. II. 1-12. ^a 1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem [It lies five miles south by west of Jerusalem, a little to the east of the road to Hebron. It occupies part of the summit and sides of a narrow limestone ridge which shoots out eastward from the central chains of the Judæan mountains, and breaks down abruptly into deep valleys on the north, south, and east. Its old name, Ephrath, meant "the fruitful." Bethlehem means "house of bread." Its modern …
J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel Within what Tribe the Lake of Gennesaret Was.
By comparing the maps with the Talmudic writers, this question ariseth: for there is not one among them, as far as I know, which does not altogether define the sea of Gennesaret to be without the tribe of Naphthali; but the Talmudists do most plainly place it within. "The Rabbins deliver: The sea of Tiberias is in the portion of Naphtali; yea, it takes a full line for the nets on the south side of it: as it is said, 'Possess the sea and the south,' Deuteronomy 33:23." The Gloss is; "(Naphtali) had …
John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica The First Sign --The Marriage in Cana.
"And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: and Jesus also was bidden, and His disciples, to the marriage. And when the wine failed, the mother of Jesus saith unto Him, They have no wine. And Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? Mine hour is not yet come. His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever He saith unto you, do it. Now there were six waterpots of stone set there after the Jews' manner of purifying, containing two …
Marcus Dods—The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I And thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, too little to be among the thousands of Judah
"And thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, too little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall come forth unto Me (one) [Pg 480] to be Ruler in Israel; and His goings forth are the times of old, the days of eternity." The close connection of this verse with what immediately precedes (Caspari is wrong in considering iv. 9-14 as an episode) is evident, not only from the [Hebrew: v] copulative, and from the analogy of the near relation of the announcement of salvation to the prophecy of disaster …
Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg—Christology of the Old Testament Emmaus. Kiriath-Jearim.
"From Beth-horon to Emmaus it was hilly."--It was sixty furlongs distant from Jerusalem.--"To eight hundred only, dismissed the army, (Vespasian) gave a place, called Ammaus, for them to inhabit: it is sixty furlongs distant from Jerusalem." I inquire, whether this word hath the same etymology with Emmaus near Tiberias, which, from the 'warm baths,' was called Chammath. The Jews certainly do write this otherwise... "The family (say they) of Beth-Pegarim, and Beth Zipperia was out of Emmaus."--The …
John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica Jesus Calls Four Fishermen to Follow Him.
(Sea of Galilee, Near Capernaum.) ^A Matt. IV. 18-22; ^B Mark I. 16-20; ^C Luke V. 1-11. ^a 18 And walking ^b 16 And passing along by the sea of Galilee [This lake is a pear-shaped body of water, about twelve and a half miles long and about seven miles across at its widest place. It is 682 feet below sea level; its waters are fresh, clear and abounding in fish, and it is surrounded by hills and mountains, which rise from 600 to 1,000 feet above it. Its greatest depth is about 165 feet], he [Jesus] …
J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel Sennacherib (705-681 B. C. )
The struggle of Sennacherib with Judaea and Egypt--Destruction of Babylon. Sennacherib either failed to inherit his father's good fortune, or lacked his ability.* He was not deficient in military genius, nor in the energy necessary to withstand the various enemies who rose against him at widely removed points of his frontier, but he had neither the adaptability of character nor the delicate tact required to manage successfully the heterogeneous elements combined under his sway. * The two principal …
G. Maspero—History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 8 Third Withdrawal from Herod's Territory.
Subdivision D. The Transfiguration. Concerning Elijah. (a Spur of Hermon, Near Cæsarea Philippi.) ^A Matt. XVII. 1-13; ^B Mark IX. 2-13; ^C Luke IX. 28-36. ^c 28 And it came to pass about eight days { ^a six days} ^c after these sayings [Mark agrees with Matthew in saying six days. Luke qualifies his estimate by saying "about." But if we regard him as including the day of the "sayings" and also the day of the transfiguration, and the other two as excluding these days, then the three statements …
J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel Joshua
The book of Joshua is the natural complement of the Pentateuch. Moses is dead, but the people are on the verge of the promised land, and the story of early Israel would be incomplete, did it not record the conquest of that land and her establishment upon it. The divine purpose moves restlessly on, until it is accomplished; so "after the death of Moses, Jehovah spake to Joshua," i. 1. The book falls naturally into three divisions: (a) the conquest of Canaan (i.-xii.), (b) the settlement of the …
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