EPHRAIM. 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. Mourns 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 Sinai and in plains of Moab, Num. 1:33; 26:37. Place 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. Fail to expel the Canaanites, Josh. 16:10. Take Beth-el in battle, Judg. 1:22–25. Criticizing Gideon for not summoning them to join the war against the Midianites, Judg. 8:1. Join Gideon against the Midianites, Judg. 7:24, 25. Their jealousy of Jephthah, Judg. 12:1. Defeated by Him, Judg. 12:4–6. Receive Ish-bosheth as king, 2 Sam. 2:9. Jeroboam set up a golden calf in Beth-el, 1 Kin. 12:29. Revolt from house of David, 1 Kin. 12:25; 2 Chr. 10:16. Some of tribe join Judah under Asa, 2 Chr. 15:9. Chastise Ahaz and Judah, 2 Chr. 28:7. Join Hezekiah in reinstituting the passover, 2 Chr. 30:18. Join in the destruction of idolatrous forms in Jerusalem, 2 Chr. 31:1. Submit 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 wood E. of the Jordan. Absalom slain in, 2 Sam. 18:6–17. 5. A gate of Jerusalem, 2 Kin. 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.