Joshua 19:50

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“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.”

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BSBPD

“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.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“According to the word of the Lord they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnath–serah in mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“according to the commandment of Jehovah they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnath-serah in the hill-country of Ephraim; and he built the city, and dwelt therein.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“by the command of Jehovah they have given to him the city which he asked, Timnath-Serah, in the hill-country of Ephraim, and he buildeth the city and dwelleth in it.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Joshua 19:50 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Joshua 24:30And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
  2. Judges 2:9They buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath-heres in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
  3. 1 Kings 4:8and these were their names: Ben-hur in the hill country of Ephraim;
  4. 1 Chronicles 7:24His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth-horon, as well as Uzzen-sheerah.

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