Editing Mount Ephraim

{{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.

== Notable persons ==
Joshua was buried at [[Timnath-heres]] among the mountains of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of [[Mount Gaash|Gaash]] ({{bibleref2|Judges|2:9|KJV}}). This region is also called the "mountains of Israel" ({{bibleref2|Joshua|11:21|KJV}}) and the "mountains of Samaria" ({{bibleref2|Jeremiah|31:5, 6|KJV}}: {{bibleref2|Amos|3:9|KJV}}).

Israel's fourth [[Biblical judges|judge]] and prophetess [[Deborah]] lived in this region. Her home was called "the palm tree of Deborah", and was between [[Bethel]] and [[Ramah in Benjamin]] ({{bibleref2|Judges|4:5|KJV}}).

'Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel. And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:(Ephraim was the new king after the pass of the King of Solomon.) [https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/1-Kings-Chapter-12/]

==See also==
* [[Jeremiah 4]]

==References==
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[[Category:Hebrew Bible mountains|Ephraim]]
[[Category:Hebrew Bible regions]]