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Ephraim

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Ephraim in the Bible Dictionary

  1. 1. Second son of Joseph Gen 41:52
  2. Adopted by Jacob Gen 48:5
  3. Blessed before Manasseh; prophecies concerning Gen 48:14–20
  4. Descendants of Num 26:35–37; 1 Chr 7:20–27
  5. Mourned for his sons 1 Chr 7:21, 22
  6. 2. A tribe of Israel
  7. Prophecy concerning Gen 49:25, 26; Isa 7; 9:18–21; 11:13; 28:1; Jer 31; Hos 5:14; Zech 9:10; 10:7
  8. Numbered at Mount Sinai and in plains of Moab Num 1:33; 26:37
  9. Position in camp and march Num 2:18, 24; 10:22
  10. Blessed by Moses Deut 33:13–17
  11. Territory allotted to, after the conquest of Canaan Josh 16:5–9; 17:9, 10, 15–18; 1 Chr 7:28, 29
  12. Failed to expel the Canaanites Josh 16:10
  13. Captured Beth-el in battle Judg 1:22–25
  14. Rebuked Gideon for not summoning them to join the war against the Midianites Judg 8:1
  15. Joined Gideon against the Midianites Judg 7:24, 25
  16. Their jealousy of Jephthah Judg 12:1
  17. Defeated by him Judg 12:4–6
  18. Received Ish-bosheth as king 2 Sam 2:9
  19. Jeroboam set up a golden calf in Beth-el 1 Kgs 12:29
  20. Revolted from house of David 1 Kgs 12:25; 2 Chr 10:16
  21. Some of tribe joined Judah under Asa 2 Chr 15:9
  22. Chastised Ahaz and Judah 2 Chr 28:7
  23. Joined Hezekiah in reinstituting the Passover 2 Chr 30:18
  24. Joined in the destruction of idolatrous forms in Jerusalem 2 Chr 31:1
  25. Submitted to the scepter of Josiah 2 Chr 34:1–6
  26. Envied by other tribes Isa 11:13; Jer 7:15; Ezek 37:16, 19; Hos 13:1
  27. Worshiped Baal Hos 13:1
  28. Sin of, remembered by God Hos 13:12
  29. Reallotment of territory, to, by Ezekiel Ezek 48:5
  30. Name of, applied to the ten tribes 2 Chr 17:2; 25:6, 7; Isa 7:8, 9; 11:12, 13; 17:3; Jer 31:18, 20; Hos 4:17; 5:3, 5; 6:4, 10; 8:11; 12:14
  31. Tribe of, called JOSEPH Rev 7:8
  32. 3. Mount of
  33. A range of low mountains Josh 17:15–18
  34. Joshua has his inheritance in Judg 2:9
  35. Residence of Micah Judg 17:8
  36. A place of hiding for Israelites 1 Sam 14:22
  37. Sheba resides in 2 Sam 20:21
  38. Noted for rich pastures Jer 50:19
  39. Prophecy concerning its conversion Jer 31:6
  40. 4. A forest east of the Jordan River
  41. Absalom killed in 2 Sam 18:6–17
  42. 5. A gate of Jerusalem 2 Kgs 14:13; 2 Chr 25:23; Neh 8:16; 12:39
  43. 6. A city in the territory of Ephraim 2 Chr 13:19
  44. Jesus escapes to, from the persecution of Caiaphas John 11:54

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.