Timnah (Joshua 15)
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Other places named Timnah: Timnah, Timnah (Genesis 38).
| Type | settlement |
|---|---|
| Most likely | within 15 km of Maon (medium confidence) |
| Coordinates | 31.409° N, 35.134° E |
| Mentioned in | 1 verse |
| First mention | Joshua 15:57 |
Timnah (Joshua 15) is a settlement named in 1 verse of the Bible. It is most likely within 15 km of Maon (medium confidence; 6 other proposals below).
Location
Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.
| Identification | Confidence | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| within 15 km of Maon | medium (52%) | 31.409° N, 35.134° E |
| Khirbet Umm Lasafa | very low (8%) | 31.438° N, 35.157° E |
| Khirbet et Tabbaneh | very low (7%) | 31.694° N, 35.049° E |
| Khirbet Abu Shaban | very low (3%) | 31.435° N, 35.163° E |
| Rujm al Hamri | very low (3%) | 31.396° N, 35.111° E |
| Tell Tuwani | very low (3%) | 31.409° N, 35.161° E |
| another name for Timnah | very low (-2%) | 31.785° N, 34.910° E |
Verses
Joshua
- Joshua 15:57Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages:Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah—ten cities, along with their villages.
Notes
- Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.