Ephraim
44 references
- 1. Second son of Joseph Gen. 41:52
- Adopted by Jacob Gen. 48:5
- Blessed before Manasseh; prophecies concerning Gen. 48:14-20
- Descendants of Num. 26:35-37; 1 Chr. 7:20-27
- Mourned for his sons 1 Chr. 7:21,22
- 2. A tribe of Israel
- 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
- Numbered at Mount Sinai and in plains of Moab Num. 1:33; 26:37
- Position in camp and march Num. 2:18,24; 10:22
- Blessed by Moses Deut. 33:13-17
- Territory allotted to, after the conquest of Canaan Josh. 16:5-9; 17:9,10,15-18; 1 Chr. 7:28,29
- Failed to expel the Canaanites Josh. 16:10
- Captured Beth-el in battle Judg. 1:22-25
- Rebuked Gideon for not summoning them to join the war against the Midianites Judg. 8:1
- Joined Gideon against the Midianites Judg. 7:24,25
- Their jealousy of Jephthah Judg. 12:1
- Defeated by him Judg. 12:4-6
- Received Ish-bosheth as king 2 Sam. 2:9
- Jeroboam set up a golden calf in Beth-el 1 Kgs. 12:29
- Revolted from house of David 1 Kgs. 12:25; 2 Chr. 10:16
- Some of tribe joined Judah under Asa 2 Chr. 15:9
- Chastised Ahaz and Judah 2 Chr. 28:7
- Joined Hezekiah in reinstituting the Passover 2 Chr. 30:18
- Joined in the destruction of idolatrous forms in Jerusalem 2 Chr. 31:1
- Submitted to the scepter of Josiah 2 Chr. 34:1-6
- Envied by other tribes Isa. 11:13; Jer. 7:15; Ezek. 37:16,19; Hos. 13:1
- Worshiped Baal Hos. 13:1
- Sin of, remembered by God Hos. 13:12
- Reallotment of territory, to, by Ezekiel Ezek. 48:5
- 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
- Tribe of, called JOSEPH Rev. 7:8
- 3. Mount of
- A range of low mountains Josh. 17:15-18
- Joshua has his inheritance in Judg. 2:9
- Residence of Micah Judg. 17:8
- A place of hiding for Israelites 1 Sam. 14:22
- Sheba resides in 2 Sam. 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 2 Sam. 18:6-17
- 5. A gate of Jerusalem 2 Kgs. 14:13; 2 Chr. 25:23; Neh. 8:16; 12:39
- 6. A city in the territory of Ephraim 2 Chr. 13:19
- Jesus escapes to, from the persecution of Caiaphas John 11:54
From Nave's Topical Bible (1896). Public domain.