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Timnah

Judean lowland (Shephelah, Philistine border) · Old Testament · 11 verses

Timnah was a town on the border between Judah and the Philistine plain. It changed hands between Israel and the Philistines. The name appears in Genesis, Joshua, Judges and 2 more in the King James text.

About Timnah

Timnah was a town on the border between Judah and the Philistine plain. It changed hands between Israel and the Philistines.

Its place in the story

Timnah is where Samson saw and married a Philistine woman, and near there he killed a lion. It appears among the border towns in the accounts of Judah and the Philistines.

Timnah in Scripture (KJV)

“And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth,”
Genesis 36:40 (KJV)
“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 38:12 (KJV)
“And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.”
Genesis 38:13 (KJV)
“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.”
Genesis 38:14 (KJV)
“And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah:”
Joshua 15:10 (KJV)
“Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages:”
Joshua 15:57 (KJV)
“And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.”
Judges 14:1 (KJV)
“And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife.”
Judges 14:2 (KJV)

Timnah is named 11 times in Scripture; 8 shown above.

Where it leads

The story of Samson at Timnah is part of Israel's long need for a deliverer, a need answered fully in Christ.

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Timnah was a town on the border between Judah and the Philistine plain. It changed hands between Israel and the Philistines. The name appears in Genesis, Joshua, Judges and 2 more in the King James text.

What happened at Timnah?

Timnah is where Samson saw and married a Philistine woman, and near there he killed a lion. It appears among the border towns in the accounts of Judah and the Philistines.

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