Bible Location
Meaning: forbidding · 8 cross references · Modern-day map available
This Timnah entry refers to the Judahite town and related borderland tradition, not necessarily every other Timnah or Timnath mention in Scripture. It is important because the name appears in the lowland frontier region where Judah, Dan, and Philistine narratives overlap. First appears in Gen 38:12.1
AI summary: Timnah is one of those recurring borderland names that must be handled carefully. This entry belongs to the western lowland setting where Judahite, Danite, and Philistine stories often intersect, including the broader world of Samson traditions. Its significance comes from that frontier character more than from a single dominant event on this page alone. The cross references present this Timnah as part of the contested western border landscape.1
A town of Judah (Josh. 15:10). The Philistines took possession of it in the days of Ahaz (2 Chr. 28:18). It was about 20 miles west of Jerusalem. It has been identified with Timnatha of Dan (Josh. 19:43), and also with Timnath (Judg. 14:1, 5). 3
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.