Ephraim
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 waragainst 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 Next Topic (Ephraimites )