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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Ephraim

fruitful; increasing

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ephraim

(double fruitfulness), the second son of Joseph by his wife Asenath. (B.C. 1715-1708.) The first indication we have of that ascendancy over his elder brother Manasseh which at a later period the tribe of Ephraim so unmistakably possessed is in the blessing of the children by Jacob. (Genesis 48:1) ...

ATS Bible Dictionary

Ephraim

The second son of Joseph, born in Egypt, Genesis 41:52. Although the youngest, he yet had the chief blessing of his grandfather Jacob, and the tribe was always more distinguished than that of Manasseh, Genesis 48:8-20 Numbers 2:18-21. The portion of Ephraim was large and central, and embraced some of the most fertile land in all Canaan. It extended from the Mediterranean across to the Jordan, north of the portions of Dan and Benjamin and included Shiloh, Shechem, etc. A range of mountainous country, which runs through it, is called "the mountains of Ephraim," or "mount Ephraim." This extends also farther south into the portion of Judah, and is there called "the mountains of Judah." Samaria, the capital of the ten tribes, being in Ephraim, this latter name is often used for the kingdom of Israel, Isaiah 11:13 Jeremiah 31:6 50:19.

The FOREST of Ephraim, where Absalom lost his life, was on the east side of the Jordan, near Mahanaim, 2 Samuel 18:6-8.

The TOWN called Ephraim, to which the Savior withdrew from his enemies, John 11:54, was probably the same place mentioned in 2 Chronicles 13:19, and called Ophrah in Joshua 18:23 1 Samuel 13:17. See also 2 Samuel 13:23. It is supposed to be the present Taiyibeh, on a hill overlooking the Jordan valley, five miles northeast of Bethel.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Double fruitfulness ("for God had made him fruitful in the land of his affliction"). The second son of Joseph, born in Egypt (Genesis 41:52; 46:20). The first incident recorded regarding him is his being placed, along with his brother Manasseh, before their grandfather, Jacob, that he might bless them (48:10; Comp. 27:1). The intention of Joseph was that the right hand of the aged patriarch should be placed on the head of the elder of the two; but Jacob set Ephraim the younger before his brother, "guiding his hands wittingly." Before Joseph's death, Ephraim's family had reached the third generation (Genesis 50:23).

Ephraim, Gate of

One of the gates of Jerusalem (2 Kings 14:13; 2 Chronicles 25:23), on the side of the city looking toward Ephraim, the north side.

Ephraim in the wilderness

(John 11:54), a town to which our Lord retired with his disciples after he had raised Lazarus, and when the priests were conspiring against him. It lay in the wild, uncultivated hill-country to the north-east of Jerusalem, betwen the central towns and the Jordan valley.

Ephraim, Mount

The central mountainous district of Palestine occupied by the tribe of Ephraim (Joshua 17:15; 19:50; 20:7), extending from Bethel to the plain of Jezreel. In Joshua's time (Joshua 17:18) these hills were densely wooded. They were intersected by well-watered, fertile valleys, referred to in Jeremiah 50:19. Joshua was buried at Timnath-heres among the mountains of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash (Judges 2:9). This region is also called the "mountains of Israel" (Joshua 11:21) and the "mountains of Samaria" (Jeremiah 31:5, 6: Amos 3:9).

Ephraim, The tribe of

Took precedence over that of Manasseh by virtue of Jacob's blessing (Genesis 41:52; 48:1). The descendants of Joseph formed two of the tribes of Israel, whereas each of the other sons of Jacob was the founder of only one tribe. Thus there were in reality thirteen tribes; but the number twelve was preserved by excluding that of Levi when Ephraim and Manasseh are mentioned separately (Numbers 1:32-34; Joshua 17:14, 17; 1 Chronicles 7:20).

Territory of. At the time of the first census in the wilderness this tribe numbered 40,500 (Numbers 1:32, 33); forty years later, when about to take possession of the Promised Land, it numbered only 32,500. During the march (see CAMP) Ephraim's place was on the west side of the tabernacle (Numbers 2:18-24). When the spies were sent out to spy the land, "Oshea the son of Nun" of this tribe signalized himself.

The boundaries of the portion of the land assigned to Ephraim are given in Joshua 16:1-10. It included most of what was afterwards called Samaria as distinguished from Judea and Galilee. It thus lay in the centre of all traffic, from north to south, and from Jordan to the sea, and was about 55 miles long and 30 broad. The tabernacle and the ark were deposited within its limits at Shiloh, where it remained for four hundred years. During the time of the judges and the first stage of the monarchy this tribe manifested a domineering and haughty and discontented spirit. "For more than five hundred years, a period equal to that which elapsed between the Norman Conquest and the War of the Roses, Ephraim, with its two dependent tribes of Manasseh and Benjamin, exercised undisputed pre-eminence. Joshua the first conqueror, Gideon the greatest of the judges, and Saul the first king, belonged to one or other of the three tribes. It was not till the close of the first period of Jewish history that God `refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim, but chose the tribe of Judah, the Mount Zion which he loved' (Psalm 78:67, 68). When the ark was removed from Shiloh to Zion the power of Ephraim was humbled."

Among the causes which operated to bring about the disruption of Israel was Ephraim's jealousy of the growing power of Judah. From the settlement of Canaan till the time of David and Solomon, Ephraim had held the place of honour among the tribes. It occupied the central and fairest portions of the land, and had Shiloh and Shechem within its borders. But now when Jerusalem became the capital of the kingdom, and the centre of power and worship for the whole nation of Israel, Ephraim declined in influence. The discontent came to a crisis by Rehoboam's refusal to grant certain redresses that were demanded (1 Kings 12).

Ephraim, Wood of

A forest in which a fatal battle was fought between the army of David and that of Absalom, who was killed there (2 Samuel 18:6, 8). It lay on the east of Jordan, not far from Mahanaim, and was some part of the great forest of Gilead.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) A hunter's name for the grizzly bear.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

EPHRAIM (1)

e'-fra-im, e'-fra-im ('ephrayim, "double fruit"):

1. The Patriarch:

The younger of the two sons of Joseph and Asenath, born in Egypt. He and his brother Manasseh were adopted by Jacob, and ranked as his own sons, each becoming the ancestor of a tribe in Israel. In blessing his grandchildren, despite their father's protest, Jacob preferred the younger, foreshadowing the future eminence of his descendants (Genesis 41:50; Genesis 48:20). In the Blessing of Jacob however, the two are included under the name of Joseph (Genesis 49:22 f).

2. The Tribe:

At the first census on leaving Egypt, Ephraim's men of war numbered 40,500; and at the second census they are given as 32,500 (Numbers 1:33; Numbers 26:37). See , however, article NUMBERS. The head of the tribe at the Exodus was Elishama, son of Ammihud (Numbers 1:10). With the standard of the tribe of Ephraim on the West of the tabernacle in the desert march were Manasseh and Benjamin (Numbers 2:18). The Ephraimite among the spies was Hoshea (i.e. Joshua), the son of Nun (Numbers 13:8). At the division of the land Ephraim was represented by prince Kemuel, son of Shiphtan (Numbers 34:24). The future power of this tribe is again foreshadowed in the Blessing of Moses (Deuteronomy 33:17). When Moses died, a member of the tribe, Joshua, whose faith and courage had distinguished him among the spies, succeeded to the chief place in Israel. It was natural that the scene of national assemblies, and the center of the nation's worship, should be chosen within the land occupied by the children of Joseph, at Shechem and Shiloh respectively. The leadership of Ephraim was further emphasized by the rule of Samuel. From the beginning of life in Palestine they enjoyed a certain prestige, and were very sensitive on the point of honor (Judges 7:24; Judges 8:1; Judges 12:1). Their acceptance of and loyalty to Saul, the first king chosen over Israel, may be explained by his belonging to a Rachel tribe, and by the close and tender relations existing between Joseph and Benjamin. But they were never reconciled to the passing of the scepter to Judah in the person of David (2 Samuel 2:8 f). That Israel would have submitted to the sovereignty of Absalom, any more than to that of David, is not to be believed; but his revolt furnished an opportunity to deal a shrewd blow at the power of the southern tribe (2 Samuel 15:13). Solomon's lack of wisdom and the crass folly of Rehoboam in the management of the northern tribes fanned the smoldering discontent into a fierce flame. This made easy the work of the rebel Jeroboam; and from the day of the disruption till the fall of the Northern Kingdom there was none to dispute the supremacy of Ephraim, the names Ephraim and Israel being synonymous. The most distinguished of Ephraim's sons were Joshua, Samuel and Jeroboam I.

3. The Territory:

The central part of Western Palestine fell to the children of Joseph; and, while the boundaries of the territory allotted to Ephraim and Manasseh respectively are given in Joshua 16; Joshua 17:1, it seems to have been held by them in common for some time (17:14). The Canaanites in certain cities of both divisions were not driven out. It was probably thought more profitable to enslave them (16:10; 17:13). The boundaries of Ephraim cannot be followed with accuracy, but roughly, they were as follows: The southern boundary, agreeing with the northern border of Benjamin, started from Bethel, and passed down westward by nether Beth-horon and Gezer toward the sea (16:3; in verse 5 it stops at upper Beth-horon); it turned northward to the southern bank of the brook Kanah (Wady Kanah) along which it ran eastward (17:10) to Michmethath (the plain of Mukhneh); thence it went northward along the western edge of the plain to Shechem. It then bent eastward and southward past Taanath-shiloh (Ta`ana), Janoah (Yankun) to Ataroth and Naarah (unidentified) and the Jordan (16:7). From Ataroth, which probably corresponds to Ataroth-addar (16:5), possibly identical with the modern et-Truneh, the southern border passed up to Bethel. Along the eastern front of the land thus defined there is a steep descent into the Jordan valley. It is torn by many gorges, and is rocky and unfruitful. The long slopes to the westward, however, furnish much of the finest land in Palestine. Well watered as it is, the valleys are beautiful in season with cornfields, vineyards, olives and other fruit trees. The uplands are accessible at many points from the maritime plain; but the great avenue of entrance to the country runs up Wady esh-Sha`ir to Nablus, whence, threading the pass between Gerizim and Ebal, it descends to the Jordan valley. In this favored region the people must have lived in the main a prosperous and happy life. How appropriate are the prophetic allusions to these conditions in the days of Ephraim's moral decay (Isaiah 28:1, 4 Jeremiah 31:18 Hosea 9:13; Hosea 10:11, etc.)!

W. Ewing

EPHRAIM (2)

(1) A position apparently of some importance, since the position of Baal-hazor (probably = Tell `Asur) where Abraham's sheep-farm was located, is determined by relation to it (2 Samuel 13:23). That it lay North of Jerusalem seems to be indicated in 2 Samuel 13:34. It may be identical with the Ephraim of Eusebius, Onomasticon, 20 Roman miles North of Jerusalem, and therefore to be sought somewhere in the neighborhood of Sinjil and el-Lubban. Connected with this may have been the name Aphaerema, a district in Samaria mentioned in 1 Maccabees 11:34; Ant, XIII, iv, 9.

(2) The town near the wilderness to which Jesus retired after the raising of Lazarus (John 11:54). This probably corresponds to Ephrem of Eusebius, Onomasticon (s.v. "Afra") 5 Roman miles East of Bethel. This may be the place named along with Bethel by Josephus (BJ, IV, ix, 9). It probably answers to eT-Taiyebeh, a large village about 4 miles North of Beitin. The antiquity of the site is attested by the cisterns and rock tombs. It stands on a high hill with a wide outlook including the plains of Jericho and the Dead Sea.

See EPHRON.

W. Ewing

EPHRAIM, FOREST OF

(ya`ar 'ephrayim):

The word ya`ar (Hebrew) probably agrees in meaning with the Arabic wa`r, which indicates a rough country, abounding in rocks, stones and scrub, with occasional trees; not a "forest," as we understand the term. Here Absalom was defeated and slain (2 Samuel 18:6, the King James Version "wood of Ephraim"). It must be sought, therefore, East of the Jordan, in the neighborhood of Mahanaim; but no identification is yet possible.

EPHRAIM, MOUNT

(har 'ephrayim):

Means that part of the mountain which fell to Ephraim (Joshua 19:50, etc.). The natives speak today of Jebel Nablus, Jebel Cafed, etc., meaning that section of the central range which is subject to each city. It is better therefore to retain the rendering of the King James Version, and not to read with the Revised Version (British and American) "hill-country of Ephraim."

WOOD OF EPHRAIM

(2 Samuel 18:6).

See EPHRAIM, FOREST OF.

EPHRAIM, GATE OF

See JERUSALEM.

EPHRAIM, WOOD OF

See EPHRAIM, FOREST OF.

FOREST OF EPHRAIM

See EPHRAIM.

MOUNT EPHRAIM

See EPHRAIM, MOUNT.

Greek

2187. Ephraim -- Ephraim, a city near Jer.
... 2186, 2187. Ephraim. 2188 . Ephraim, a city near Jer. Part of Speech:
Proper Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration: Ephraim Phonetic ...
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4471. Rhama -- Ramah, a city North of Jer.
... Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration: Rhama Phonetic Spelling:
(hram-ah') Short Definition: Rama Definition: Rama, a place in Ephraim, two hours ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5887. En Tappuach -- "place of an apple tree," a city in Ephraim
... En Tappuach. 5888 . "place of an apple tree," a city in Ephraim. Transliteration:
En Tappuach Phonetic Spelling: (ane tap-poo'-akh) Short Definition: En-tappuah ...
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7071. Qanah -- a wadi between Ephraim and Manasseh, also a city in ...
... Qanah. 7072 . a wadi between Ephraim and Manasseh, also a city in Asher.
Transliteration: Qanah Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-naw') Short Definition: Kanah. ...
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8167. Seirah -- "goat," a city in Ephraim
... 8166, 8167. Seirah. 8168 . "goat," a city in Ephraim. Transliteration: Seirah
Phonetic Spelling: (seh-ee-raw') Short Definition: Seirah. ...
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5853. Atroth Addar -- a place on the border between Ephraim and ...
... a place on the border between Ephraim and Benjamin. Transliteration: Atroth Addar
Phonetic Spelling: (at-roth' ad-dawr') Short Definition: Ataroth-addar. ...
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6911. Qibtsayim -- "two heaps," a city in Ephraim
... 6910, 6911. Qibtsayim. 6912 . "two heaps," a city in Ephraim. Transliteration:
Qibtsayim Phonetic Spelling: (kib-tsah'-yim) Short Definition: Kibzaim. ...
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7436. Ramathayim Tsophim -- "double height of watchers," a city in ...
Ramathayim Tsophim. 7435, 7436. Ramathayim Tsophim. 7437 . "double height of
watchers," a city in Ephraim. Transliteration: Ramathayim Tsophim Phonetic Spelling ...
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1608. Gaash -- a mountain in Ephraim
... 1607, 1608. Gaash. 1609 . a mountain in Ephraim. Transliteration: Gaash
Phonetic Spelling: (ga'-ash) Short Definition: Gaash. Word ...
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8556b. Timnath Serech -- "territory of the sun," a village in the ...
... Timnath Serech. 8557 . "territory of the sun," a village in the hill country of
Ephraim. Transliteration: Timnath Serech Short Definition: Timnath-serah. ...
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5295. Naaran -- a place in Ephraim
... 5294, 5295. Naaran. 5296 . a place in Ephraim. Transliteration: Naaran
Phonetic Spelling: (nah-ar-awn') Short Definition: Naaran. ...
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7887. Shiloh -- a city in Ephraim
... 7888 . a city in Ephraim. Transliteration: Shiloh or Shiloh or Shilo or Shilo
Phonetic Spelling: (shee-lo') Short Definition: Shiloh. ...
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Library

Hymns and Homilies of Ephraim the Syrian
Hymns and Homilies of Ephraim the Syrian. <. Hymns and Homilies of Ephraim
the Syrian Ephraim the Syrian. Schaff, Philip (Editor) Table of Contents. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/ephraim/hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/

Chronology of the Life of Ephraim.
Hymns and Homilies of Ephraim the Syrian. <. ... VII."Chronology of the
Life of Ephraim. Thus the fixed points for determining ...
/.../hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/vii chronology of the life of.htm

Ephraim
... A Chorographical Century. Chapters 51-60 Chapter 53 Ephraim. We mean not
here the land of Ephraim, but a certain town in the confines ...
/.../lightfoot/from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 53 ephraim.htm

Ephraim Syrus the Nisibene Hymns.
Hymns and Homilies of Ephraim the Syrian. <. ... Ephraim Syrus The Nisibene
Hymns. Translated By REV. JT Sarsfield Stopford, BA. ...
/.../hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/ephraim syrus the nisibene hymns.htm

First Part Ephraim the Syrian. I. --Summary of the Authenticated ...
Hymns and Homilies of Ephraim the Syrian. <. ... First Part Ephraim the
Syrian. I."Summary of the Authenticated Facts of His Life. ...
/.../hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/first part ephraim the syrian.htm

Ephraim
... Chapter CXV. Ephraim. Ephraim, [2548] deacon of the church at Edessa, composed
many works in the Syriac language, and became so distinguished ...
/.../various/jerome and gennadius lives of illustrious men /chapter cxv ephraim.htm

Of Didymus of Alexandria and Ephraim the Syrian.
... Book IV. Chapter XXVI."Of Didymus of Alexandria and Ephraim the Syrian. ... Ephraim,
employing the Syrian language, shed beams of spiritual grace. ...
/.../chapter xxvi of didymus of alexandria.htm

Concerning St. Ephraim.
... Chapter XVI."Concerning St. Ephraim. Ephraim the Syrian [1266] was entitled to the
highest honors, and was the greatest ornament of the Catholic Church. ...
/.../the ecclesiastical history of sozomenus/chapter xvi concerning st ephraim.htm

October 6. "Ephraim, He Hath Mixed Himself" (Hos. vii. 8).
... OCTOBER 6. "Ephraim, he hath mixed himself" (Hos. vii. 8). "Ephraim, he
hath mixed himself" (Hosea 7:8). It is a great thing to ...
/.../simpson/days of heaven upon earth /october 6 ephraim he hath.htm

Ephraim Repenting. Jer 31:18-20
... JEREMIAH Hymn 68 EPHRAIM repenting. Jer 31:18-20. William Cowper 8,6,8,6. EPHRAIM
repenting. Jer 31:18-20. My God! till I received thy stroke,. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/newton/olney hymns/hymn 68 ephraim repenting jer.htm

Thesaurus

Ephraim (168 Occurrences)
... The intention of Joseph was that the right hand of the aged patriarch should be
placed on the head of the elder of the two; but Jacob set Ephraim the younger ...
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Ephraim's (14 Occurrences)
...Ephraim's (14 Occurrences). ... Genesis 48:17 When Joseph saw that his father laid
his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him. ...
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Ephraim-azariah (1 Occurrence)
Ephraim-azariah. E'phraim, Ephraim-azariah. Ephraimite .
Multi-Version Concordance Ephraim-azariah (1 Occurrence). 2 ...
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E'phraim's (6 Occurrences)
E'phraim's. Ephraim's, E'phraim's. Ephrain . ... Genesis 48:17 When Joseph saw that
his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him. ...
/e/e'phraim's.htm - 7k

E'phraimites (9 Occurrences)
E'phraimites. Ephraimites, E'phraimites. Ephraim's . ... Joshua 16:5 This was the
border of the children of Ephraim according to their families. ...
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Ephraimite (6 Occurrences)
... EPHRAIMITE. e'-fra-im-it ('ephrayim; singular 'ephrathi): A member of the tribe
of Ephraim (Joshua 16:10, etc.). See also EPHRATHITE. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Ephraimites (7 Occurrences)
... at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim
according to their families; (See NIV). Joshua 16:9 together ...
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Kanah (3 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Reedy; brook of reeds. (1.) A stream forming the boundary
between Ephraim and Manasseh, from the Mediterranean eastward to Tappuah ...
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Tappuah (8 Occurrences)
... Jerusalem. (2.) A town on the border of Ephraim (Joshua 16:8). The "land" of
Tappuah fell to Manasseh, but the "city" to Ephraim (17:8). ...
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Elishama (17 Occurrences)
... e-lish'-a-ma ('elishama`, "God has heard"): (1) Grandfather of Joshua and son of
Ammihud; prince of the tribe of Ephraim in the Exodus (Numbers 1:10; Numbers 7 ...
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Bible Concordance

Ephraim (168 Occurrences)

John 11:54 Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews, but departed from there into the country near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim. He stayed there with his disciples.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Genesis 41:52 The name of the second, he called Ephraim : "For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Genesis 46:20 To Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Genesis 48:1 It happened after these things, that someone said to Joseph, "Behold, your father is sick." He took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Genesis 48:5 Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, will be mine.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Genesis 48:13 Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near to him.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Genesis 48:14 Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh's head, guiding his hands knowingly, for Manasseh was the firstborn.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Genesis 48:17 When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him. He held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Genesis 48:20 He blessed them that day, saying, "In you will Israel bless, saying,'God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh'" He set Ephraim before Manasseh.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 1:10 Of the children of Joseph: Of Ephraim: Elishama the son of Ammihud. Of Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 1:32 Of the children of Joseph, of the children of Ephraim, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 1:33 those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand five hundred.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 2:18 "On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their divisions: and the prince of the children of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 2:24 "All who were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were one hundred eight thousand one hundred, according to their divisions. They shall set out third.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 7:48 On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 10:22 The standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies. Elishama the son of Ammihud was over his army.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 13:8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 26:28 The sons of Joseph after their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 26:35 These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; of Becher, the family of the Becherites; of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 26:37 These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those who were numbered of them, thirty-two thousand five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 34:24 Of the tribe of the children of Ephraim a prince, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Deuteronomy 33:17 The firstborn of his herd, majesty is his. His horns are the horns of the wild ox. With them he shall push the peoples all of them, even the ends of the earth: They are the ten thousands of Ephraim. They are the thousands of Manasseh."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Deuteronomy 34:2 and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, to the hinder sea,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 14:4 For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: and they gave no portion to the Levites in the land, except cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their livestock and for their property.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 16:4 The children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 16:5 This was the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families. The border of their inheritance eastward was Ataroth Addar, to Beth Horon the upper.
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Joshua 16:8 From Tappuah the border went along westward to the brook of Kanah; and ended at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim according to their families;
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Joshua 16:9 together with the cities which were set apart for the children of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.
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Joshua 16:10 They didn't drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwell in the midst of Ephraim to this day, and have become servants to do forced labor.
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Joshua 17:8 The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh; but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim.
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Joshua 17:9 The border went down to the brook of Kanah, southward of the brook. These cities belonged to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh. The border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook, and ended at the sea.
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Joshua 17:10 Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and the sea was his border. They reached to Asher on the north, and to Issachar on the east.
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Joshua 17:15 Joshua said to them, "If you are a great people, go up to the forest, and clear land for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim; since the hill country of Ephraim is too narrow for you."
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Joshua 17:17 Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, "You are a great people, and have great power. You shall not have one lot only;
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Joshua 19:50 According to the commandment of Yahweh, they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnathserah in the hill country of Ephraim; and he built the city, and lived there.
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Joshua 20:7 They set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
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Joshua 21:5 The rest of the children of Kohath had ten cities by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh.
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Joshua 21:20 The families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the children of Kohath, had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
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Joshua 21:21 They gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the hill country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with its suburbs,
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Joshua 24:30 They buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.
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Joshua 24:33 Eleazar the son of Aaron died. They buried him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given him in the hill country of Ephraim.
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Judges 1:29 Ephraim didn't drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer; but the Canaanites lived in Gezer among them.
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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.
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Judges 3:27 It happened, when he had come, that he blew a trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim; and the children of Israel went down with him from the hill country, and he before them.
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Judges 4:5 She lived under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
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Judges 5:14 Those whose root is in Amalek came out of Ephraim, after you, Benjamin, among your peoples. Governors come down out of Machir. Those who handle the marshal's staff came out of Zebulun.
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Judges 7:24 Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill country of Ephraim, saying, "Come down against Midian, and take before them the waters, as far as Beth Barah, even the Jordan!" So all the men of Ephraim were gathered together, and took the waters as far as Beth Barah, even the Jordan.
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Judges 8:1 The men of Ephraim said to him, "Why have you treated us this way, that you didn't call us, when you went to fight with Midian?" They rebuked him sharply.
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Judges 8:2 He said to them, "What have I now done in comparison with you? Isn't the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?
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Judges 10:1 After Abimelech there arose to save Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he lived in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.
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Judges 10:9 The children of Ammon passed over the Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed.
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Judges 12:1 The men of Ephraim were gathered together, and passed northward; and they said to Jephthah, "Why did you pass over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didn't call us to go with you? We will burn your house around you with fire!"
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Judges 12:4 Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim; and the men of Gilead struck Ephraim, because they said, "You are fugitives of Ephraim, you Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim, and in the midst of Manasseh."
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Judges 12:5 The Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. It was so, that when any of the fugitives of Ephraim said, Let me go over, the men of Gilead said to him, "Are you an Ephraimite?" If he said, "No;"
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Judges 12:6 then said they to him, "Now say'Shibboleth;'" and he said "Sibboleth;" for he couldn't manage to pronounce it right: then they laid hold of him, and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. At that time, forty-two thousand of Ephraim fell.
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Judges 12:15 Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.
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Judges 17:1 There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
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Judges 17:8 The man departed out of the city, out of Bethlehem Judah, to sojourn where he could find a place, and he came to the hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he traveled.
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Judges 18:2 The children of Dan sent of their family five men from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said to them, "Go, explore the land!" They came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.
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Judges 18:13 They passed there to the hill country of Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah.
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Judges 19:1 It happened in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the farther side of the hill country of Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehem Judah.
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Judges 19:16 Behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even: now the man was of the hill country of Ephraim, and he sojourned in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjamites.
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Judges 19:18 He said to him, "We are passing from Bethlehem Judah to the farther side of the hill country of Ephraim. I am from there, and I went to Bethlehem Judah. I am going to the house of Yahweh; and there is no man who takes me into his house.
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1 Samuel 1:1 Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite:
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1 Samuel 9:4 He passed through the hill country of Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalishah, but they didn't find them: then they passed through the land of Shaalim, and there they weren't there: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they didn't find them.
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1 Samuel 14:22 Likewise all the men of Israel who had hid themselves in the hill country of Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle.
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1 Samuel 14:24 And all the people were with Saul, about twenty thousand men, and the fight was general through all the hill-country of Ephraim; but Saul made a great error that day, by putting the people under an oath, saying, Let that man be cursed who takes food before evening comes and I have given punishment to those who are against me. So the people had not a taste of food.
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2 Samuel 2:9 and he made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
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2 Samuel 13:23 It happened after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal Hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.
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2 Samuel 18:6 So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.
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2 Samuel 20:21 The matter is not so. But a man of the hill country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against the king, even against David. Deliver him only, and I will depart from the city." The woman said to Joab, "Behold, his head shall be thrown to you over the wall."
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1 Kings 4:8 These are their names: Ben Hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;
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1 Kings 12:2 And, hearing of it, Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who was still in Egypt, where he had gone in flight from Solomon, and was living there, came back to his town Zeredah, in the hill-country of Ephraim;
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1 Kings 12:25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and lived in it; and he went out from there, and built Penuel.
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2 Kings 5:22 He said, "All is well. My master has sent me, saying,'Behold, even now two young men of the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and two changes of clothing.'"
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2 Kings 14:13 Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth Shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
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1 Chronicles 6:61 And to the rest of the sons of Kohath there were given by the Lord's decision ten towns out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim and out of the tribe of Dan and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh.
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1 Chronicles 6:66 Some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their borders out of the tribe of Ephraim.
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1 Chronicles 6:67 They gave to them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its suburbs; Gezer also with its suburbs,
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1 Chronicles 7:20 The sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eleadah his son, and Tahath his son,
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1 Chronicles 7:22 Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.
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1 Chronicles 9:3 In Jerusalem lived of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim and Manasseh:
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1 Chronicles 12:30 Of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers' houses.
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1 Chronicles 27:10 The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
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1 Chronicles 27:14 The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his division were twenty-four thousand.
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1 Chronicles 27:20 of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah:
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2 Chronicles 13:4 Abijah stood up on Mount Zemaraim, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, and said, Hear me, Jeroboam and all Israel:
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2 Chronicles 13:19 And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephraim with the towns thereof.
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2 Chronicles 15:8 When Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from the hill country of Ephraim; and he renewed the altar of Yahweh, that was before the porch of Yahweh.
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2 Chronicles 15:9 He gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those who sojourned with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that Yahweh his God was with him.
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2 Chronicles 17:2 He placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.
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2 Chronicles 19:4 Jehoshaphat lived at Jerusalem: and he went out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim, and brought them back to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
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2 Chronicles 25:7 But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, don't let the army of Israel go with you; for Yahweh is not with Israel, to wit, with all the children of Ephraim.
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2 Chronicles 25:10 Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that had come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: therefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in fierce anger.
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2 Chronicles 25:23 Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth Shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
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2 Chronicles 28:7 Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrikam the ruler of the house, and Elkanah who was next to the king.
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2 Chronicles 28:12 Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against those who came from the war,
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2 Chronicles 30:1 Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of Yahweh at Jerusalem, to keep the Passover to Yahweh, the God of Israel.
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2 Chronicles 30:10 So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, even to Zebulun: but they ridiculed them, and mocked them.
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2 Chronicles 30:18 For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the Passover otherwise than it is written. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, The good Yahweh pardon everyone
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Subtopics

Ephraim

Ephraim: A City in the Territory of Ephraim

Ephraim: A City in the Territory of Ephraim: Jesus Escapes To, from the Persecution of Caiaphas

Ephraim: A Forest East of the Jordan River: Absalom Killed In

Ephraim: A Gate of Jerusalem

Ephraim: A Tribe of Israel: Applied to the Ten Tribes

Ephraim: A Tribe of Israel: Blessed by Moses

Ephraim: A Tribe of Israel: Captured Beth-El in Battle

Ephraim: A Tribe of Israel: Chastised Ahaz and Judah

Ephraim: A Tribe of Israel: Defeated by Him

Ephraim: A Tribe of Israel: Envied by Other Tribes