Editing Mount Ephraim (section)

{{Short description|Historical name for the central mountainous district of Israel}}
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'''Mount Ephraim''' ({{langx|he|הר אפרים}}), or alternatively '''Mount of Ephraim''', was the historical name for the central mountainous district of [[Israel]] once alloted by the [[Tribe of Ephraim]] ({{bibleref2|Joshua|17:15; 19:50; 20:7|KJV}}), extending from [[Bethel]] to the plain of [[Jezreel (city)|Jezreel]]. In [[Joshua]]'s time ({{bibleref2|Joshua|17:18|KJV}}), approximately sometime between the 18th century BCE and the 13th century BCE, these hills were densely wooded. They were intersected by well-watered, fertile valleys, referred to in {{bibleref2|Jeremiah|50:19|KJV}}.
[[File:Nahal-Shilo-MHG-225.jpg|thumb|Khirbet Banat Bar, sometimes identified with the town of Zeredah in Ephraim, birthplace of [[Jeroboam]]]]
Later, the region became known as [[Samaria]], after the capital city of the northern [[Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy)|Kingdom of Israel]] which was centered in the area.