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  2. Mount Ephraim - Wikipedia

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    Mount Ephraim (Hebrew: הר אפרים), or alternatively Mount of Ephraim, was the historical name for the central mountainous district of Israel once occupied by the Tribe of Ephraim (Joshua 17:15; 19:50; 20:7), extending from Bethel to the plain of Jezreel.

  3. Tribe of Ephraim - Wikipedia

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    Map of Ephraim, 17th century Dutch map. According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Ephraim (Hebrew: אֶפְרַיִם, ʾEp̄rayim, in pausa: אֶפְרָיִם, ʾEp̄rāyim) was one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. The Tribe of Manasseh, together with Ephraim, formed the Tribe of Joseph. It is one of the Ten Lost Tribes. The etymology of the ...

  4. Ephraim in the wilderness - Wikipedia

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    The New King James Version and World English Bible call Ephraim a "city", whereas the New International Version and the New Living Translation call it a "village". Ephraim was located in the wild, uncultivated hill-country thirteen miles to the northeast of Jerusalem , "perched on a conspicuous eminence and with an extensive view" [ 1 ] between ...

  5. Shechem - Wikipedia

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    Shechem's position is indicated in the Hebrew Bible: it lay north of Bethel and Shiloh, on the high road going from Jerusalem to the northern districts (Judges xxi, 19), at a short distance from Michmethath (Joshua 17:7) and of Dothain (Genesis 37:12–17); it was in the hill-country of Ephraim (Joshua 20:7; 21:21; 1 Kings 12:25; 1 Chronicles 6 ...

  6. Gibeah - Wikipedia

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    Gibeah (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ b i ə /; Hebrew: גִּבְעָה Gīḇəʿā; Hebrew: גִּבְעַת Gīḇəʿaṯ) is the name of three places mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, in the tribes of Benjamin, Judah, and Ephraim respectively. [1] Gibeah of Benjamin, also Gibeah of Saul, is the most commonly mentioned of the places.

  7. Shiloh (biblical city) - Wikipedia

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    In the 4th century CE, Eusebius and Jerome demonstrated some awareness of Shiloh's location [6] as did the cartographer of the Madaba Map in the 6th century. [7] In 1838, the American biblical scholar Edward Robinson became the first modern person to correctly identify Khirbet Seilun as Shiloh based on the biblical description of its location ...

  8. Baal-hazor - Wikipedia

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    'Baal's village') is a place on the border of Ephraim and Benjamin where Absalom held the feast of sheep-shearing when Amnon was assassinated, according to 2 Samuel 13:23. It is probably identical with Hazor mentioned in Nehemiah 11:33. Baal-hazor is identified with Tell Asur, a 1,016 meters high mountain 8 km north-east of Bethel.

  9. List of biblical places - Wikipedia

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    The locations, lands, and nations mentioned in the Bible are not all listed here. Some locations might appear twice, each time under a different name. Only places having their own Wikipedia articles are included. See also the list of minor biblical places for locations which do not have their own Wikipedia article.