Timnath-serah: Remaining portion, the city of Joshua in the hill country of Ephraim,
the same as Timnath-heres
(Joshua 19:50; 24:30) "Of all sites I have
seen," says Lieut. Col. Conder, "none is so striking as that of
Joshua's home, surrounded as it is with deep valleys and wild, rugged
hills." Opposite the town is a hill, on the northern side of which
there are many excavated sepulchres. Among these is the supposed tomb
of Joshua, which is said to be "the most striking monument in the
country." It is a "square chamber with five excavations in three of
its sides, the central one forming a passage leading into a second
chamber beyond. A great number of lamp-niches cover the walls of the
porch, upwards of two hundred, arranged in vertical rows. A single
cavity with a niche for a lamp has been thought to be the
resting-place of the warrior-chief of Israel." The modern Kefr Haris,
10 miles south-west of Shechem.
