Ephraim
second son of Joseph (GEN 41:52)
PersonTribe of Ephraimmale43 verses
Names
- Ephraim — אֶפְרָ֑יִם efəraiym “doubly fruitful” (H669) · Εφραιμ Ephraim (G2187)
Family
- father of Shuthelah (descendant of Ephraim) (inferred)
- father of Becher (descendant of Ephraim) (inferred)
- father of Tahan (inferred)
- father of Tahath (son of Ephraim) (inferred)
- father of Zabad (son of Ephraim) (inferred)
- father of Ezer (grandson of Ephraim) (inferred)
- father of Elead (inferred)
- father of Beriah (son of Ephraim) (inferred)
- father of Sheerah (inferred)
- father of Rephah (inferred)
- father of Resheph (inferred)
- father of Telah (inferred)
- father of Ladan (inferred)
- father of Ammihud (father of Elishama) (inferred)
Ancestry
- ancestor of Ammihud (father of Elishama) (inferred)
- ancestor of Nun
- ancestor of Shiphtan (inferred)
- ancestor of Nebat (inferred)
- ancestor of Heldai (the Netophathite of Othniel) (inferred)
- ancestor of Azaziah (father of Hoshea) (inferred)
- ancestor of Zichri (a mighty man of Ephraim) (inferred)
- ancestor of Johanan (father of Azariah, who aided defeated Judaites) (inferred)
- ancestor of Meshillemoth (inferred)
- ancestor of Shallum (father of Jehikhiah, who aided defeated…) (inferred)
- ancestor of Hadlai (inferred)
Dated events
- Birth of Ephraim* — 2,297 AH · 1,715 BC (Ussher) · aged 0 — Genesis 41:50
Years are anno hominis, counted from Creation. The two chronologies are given as the source gives them, unreconciled.
Named together
Named in the same verse. A co-occurrence recorded by the text, not a claim that this person was there.
- Egypt — 2 shared verses
- Tappuah 1 — 2 shared verses
- Ataroth-addar — 1 shared verse
- Great Sea — 1 shared verse
- Heliopolis — 1 shared verse
- Jerusalem — 1 shared verse
- Kanah 1 — 1 shared verse
- Pirathon — 1 shared verse
- Upper Beth-horon — 1 shared verse
Appearances
- Genesis 41:52
- Genesis 46:20
- Genesis 48:1
- Genesis 48:5
- Genesis 48:13
- Genesis 48:14
- Genesis 48:17
- Genesis 48:20
- Genesis 50:23
- Numbers 1:10
- Numbers 1:32
- Numbers 1:33
and 31 further references.
Topical references
- 1. Second son of Joseph — Genesis 41:52
- Adopted by Jacob — Genesis 48:5
- Blessed before Manasseh; prophecies concerning — Genesis 48:14
- Descendants of — Numbers 26:35; 1 Chronicles 7:20
- Mourned for his sons — 1 Chronicles 7:21; 1 Chronicles 7:22
- Prophecy concerning — Genesis 49:25; Genesis 49:26; Isaiah 7; Isaiah 9:18; Isaiah 11:13; Isaiah 28:1; Jeremiah 31; Hosea 5:14; Zechariah 9:10; Zechariah 10:7
- Numbered at Mount Sinai and in plains of Moab — Numbers 1:33; Numbers 26:37
- Position in camp and march — Numbers 2:18; Numbers 2:24; Numbers 10:22
- Blessed by Moses — Deuteronomy 33:13
- Territory allotted to, after the conquest of Canaan — Joshua 16:5; Joshua 17:9; Joshua 17:10; Joshua 17:15; 1 Chronicles 7:28; 1 Chronicles 7:29
- Failed to expel the Canaanites — Joshua 16:10
- Captured Beth-el in battle — Judges 1:22
- Rebuked Gideon for not summoning them to join the war against the Midianites — Judges 8:1
- Joined Gideon against the Midianites — Judges 7:24; Judges 7:25
- Their jealousy of Jephthah — Judges 12:1
- Defeated by him — Judges 12:4
- Received Ish-bosheth as king — 2 Samuel 2:9
- Jeroboam set up a golden calf in Beth-el — 1 Kings 12:29
- Revolted from house of David — 1 Kings 12:25; 2 Chronicles 10:16
- Some of tribe joined Judah under Asa — 2 Chronicles 15:9
- Chastised Ahaz and Judah — 2 Chronicles 28:7
- Joined Hezekiah in reinstituting the Passover — 2 Chronicles 30:18
- Joined in the destruction of idolatrous forms in Jerusalem — 2 Chronicles 31:1
- Submitted to the scepter of Josiah — 2 Chronicles 34:1
- Envied by other tribes — Isaiah 11:13; Jeremiah 7:15; Ezekiel 37:16; Ezekiel 37:19; Hosea 13:1
- Worshiped Baal — Hosea 13:1
- Sin of, remembered by God — Hosea 13:12
- Reallotment of territory, to, by Ezekiel — Ezekiel 48:5
- Name of, applied to the ten tribes — 2 Chronicles 17:2; 2 Chronicles 25:6; 2 Chronicles 25:7; Isaiah 7:8; Isaiah 7:9; Isaiah 11:12; Isaiah 11:13; Isaiah 17:3; Jeremiah 31:18; Jeremiah 31:20; Hosea 4:17; Hosea 5:3; Hosea 5:5; Hosea 6:4, and 3 more
- Tribe of, called JOSEPH — Revelation 7:8
- A range of low mountains — Joshua 17:15
- Joshua has his inheritance in — Judges 2:9
- Residence of Micah — Judges 17:8
- A place of hiding for Israelites — 1 Samuel 14:22
- Sheba resides in — 2 Samuel 20:21
- Noted for rich pastures — Jeremiah 50:19
- Prophecy concerning its conversion — Jeremiah 31:6
- Absalom killed in — 2 Samuel 18:6
- 5. A gate of Jerusalem — 2 Kings 14:13; 2 Chronicles 25:23; Nehemiah 8:16; Nehemiah 12:39
- 6. A city in the territory of Ephraim — 2 Chronicles 13:19
- Jesus escapes to, from the persecution of Caiaphas — John 11:54
Outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897); the sub-headings are Nave's own.