Judges 2:9 (WEB)

Passage

They buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath Heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.

Nearby Context

Judges 2:7 The people served Yahweh all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of Yahweh that he had worked for Israel.

Judges 2:8 Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Yahweh, died, being one hundred ten years old.

Judges 2:9 They buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath Heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.

Judges 2:10 After all that generation were gathered to their fathers, another generation arose after them, who didn’t know Yahweh, nor the work which he had done for Israel.

Judges 2:11 The children of Israel did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and served the Baals.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "buried", "border", "inheritance", "timnath", "heres", "hill", "country", and "ephraim". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "buried" and "border", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "Joshua the son of Nun the servant..." into verse 10's "After all that generation were gathered to...", so "buried" and "border" belong inside that flow. In Judges context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "buried" and "border" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.