EPHRAIM

The second son of Joseph, born in Egypt, Ge 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, Ge 48:8-20 Nu 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, Isa 11:13 Jer 31:6 50:19. The FOREST of Ephraim, where Absalom lost his life, was on the east side of the Jordan, near Mahanaim, 2Sa 18:6-8. The TOWN called Ephraim, to which the Savior withdrew from his enemies, Joh 11:54, was probably the same place mentioned in 2Ch 13:19, and called Ophrah in Jos 18:23 1Sa 13:17. See also 2Sa 13:23. It is supposed to be the present Taiyibeh, on a hill overlooking the Jordan valley, five miles northeast of Bethel.

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Ephraim. Ephraim
Double fruitfulness (“for God had made him fruitful in the land of his affliction”). The second son of Joseph, born in Egypt (Gen. 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 (Gen. 50:23).

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Ephraim. fruitful; increasing

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EPHRAIM. 1. Second son of Joseph Ge 41:52
* Adopted by Jacob Ge 48:5
* Blessed before Manasseh; prophecies concerning Ge 48:14-20
* Descendants of Nu 26:35-37; 1Ch 7:20-27
* Mourned for his sons 1Ch 7:21,22

2. A tribe of Israel
* Prophecy concerning Ge 49:25,26; Isa 7; 9:18-21; 11:13; 28:1; Jer 31; Ho 5:14; Zec 9:10; 10:7
* Numbered at Mount Sinai and in plains of Moab Nu 1:33; 26:37
* Position in camp and march Nu 2:18,24; 10:22
* Blessed by Moses De 33:13-17
* Territory allotted to, after the conquest of Canaan Jos 16:5-9; 17:9,10,15-18; 1Ch 7:28,29
* Failed to expel the Canaanites Jos 16:10
* Captured Beth-el in battle Jud 1:22-25
* Rebuked Gideon for not summoning them to join the war against the Midianites Jud 8:1
* Joined Gideon against the Midianites Jud 7:24,25
* Their jealousy of Jephthah Jud 12:1
* Defeated by him Jud 12:4-6
* Received Ish-bosheth as king 2Sa 2:9
* Jeroboam set up a golden calf in Beth-el 1Ki 12:29
* Revolted from house of David 1Ki 12:25; 2Ch 10:16
* Some of tribe joined Judah under Asa 2Ch 15:9
* Chastised Ahaz and Judah 2Ch 28:7
* Joined Hezekiah in reinstituting the Passover 2Ch 30:18
* Joined in the destruction of idolatrous forms in Jerusalem 2Ch 31:1
* Submitted to the scepter of Josiah 2Ch 34:1-6
* Envied by other tribes Isa 11:13; Jer 7:15; Eze 37:16,19; Ho 13:1
* Worshiped Baal Ho 13:1
* Sin of, remembered by God Ho 13:12
* Reallotment of territory, to, by Ezekiel Eze 48:5
* Name of, applied to the ten tribes 2Ch 17:2; 25:6,7; Isa 7:8,9; 11:12,13; 17:3; Jer 31:18,20; Ho 4:17; 5:3,5; 6:4,10; 8:11; 12:14
* Tribe of, called JOSEPH Re 7:8

3. Mount of
* A range of low mountains Jos 17:15-18
* Joshua has his inheritance in Jud 2:9
* Residence of Micah Jud 17:8
* A place of hiding for Israelites 1Sa 14:22
* Sheba resides in 2Sa 20:21
* Noted for rich pastures Jer 50:19
* Prophecy concerning its conversion Jer 31:6

4. A forest east of the Jordan River
* Absalom killed in 2Sa 18:6-17

5. A gate of Jerusalem 2Ki 14:13; 2Ch 25:23; Ne 8:16; 12:39 6. A city in the territory of Ephraim 2Ch 13:19
* Jesus escapes to, from the persecution of Caiaphas Joh 11:54

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(1) Son of Joseph Ge 41:52; 48:5,14; 1Ch 7:20 (2) Tribe of Nu 1:33; De 33:17; Jos 16:5; Jud 1:22; 8:1; 12:1; 2Sa 2:9 2Ch 15:9; 28:7; Isa 11:13 (3) Town of 2Sa 13:23; 2Ch 13:19; Joh 11:54 (4) A Gate of Jerusalem 2Ki 14:13; Ne 8:16; 12:39

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E″phra‐im (?), n. [] (Zoöl.) A hunter's name for the grizzly bear.