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Mountain of
Judah and Shephelah
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67. Thamna, where Judah
sheared his sheep - (Kh.
al-Tibne ?) |
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Thamna (Gen 38:12) where Judah went to shear his sheep. And today there is still a large village in the boundaries of Diospolis on the way to Jerusalem. It belonged to the tribe of Dan or of Judah. (Eusebius, Onomasticon 96:24-26; Jerome 97:20-21) |
Photo: A tell, in the Sorek Valley, representing one of the different possible sites for Timnah. |