Joshua 19:50

according to the word of the Lord We do not find any Divine injunction in the Pentateuch to the effect that Joshua was to receive a special portion in the Land of Canaan. But as Caleb had received a definite promise of the same kind, which is not to be found in its literal form in the Pentateuch, we may conclude that a like promise had been been made to Joshua.

even Timnath-serah In Judges 2:9 the name of the city given to the Israelitish leader is altered to Timnath-heres =" portion of the sun." In the same place it is defined as having been situated "in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash." The word Timnath, or Timnah, means "allotted portion," and was given to several places. It is now generally identified with Tibnah, between Jifnaand el-Mejdel, and was first discovered by Dr Eli Smith in 1843, where he found the ruins of a considerable town. Opposite the town was a much higher hill, in the north side of which were several excavated sepulchres. "Of all sites I have seen," says Lieut. Conder, "none is so striking as that of Joshua's home, surrounded as it is with deep valleys and wild rugged hills." Paula is described by St Jerome as "satis mirata quod distributor possessionum sibi aspera et montana delegisset" (Epist. cviii., Epitaph. Paulæ).

and he built the city or perhaps rather, fortified it. The site may have been previously unoccupied, and named Timnath-serah = "remaining portion" by Joshua himself.