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within the bounds of Ephraim; and after the revolt of
the ten tribes, the capital of their kingdom was always
within the bounds of Ephraim; and hence the whole
kingdom is sometimes called Ephraim. — (Jer. xxxi. 9,
18,"20.)
Ephraim. 3. City of— (2 Sam. xiii. 23.) A consid¬
erable town, situated about eight miles north of Jerusa¬
lem, on the way to Jericho, and within the bounds of the
tribe of Benjamin. It was to this place, that our Savior
retired after the raising of Lazarus, (John xi. 54,) and it is
not improbable the same place is intended in 2Chr. xiii. 19.
Zephaniah, (Jer. xxix. 25,) the son of Maasseiah, who
is called the second priest, was put to death by Nebuchad¬
nezzar, at Riblah.—(2 Kings xxv. 18—21.)
Samuel, an eminent prophet, born at Ramah, in the
tribe of Ephraim, and from his birth dedicated by his
mother to God's service.— (1 Sam. iii. 1.)
Jarha married the daughter of Sheshan. [And She-
shan had a secvant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jar¬
ha. And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his ser¬
vant to wife; and she bare him Attai. And Attai begat
Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad, and Zabad begat
Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed, and Obed begat Jehu,
and Jehu begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Helez, and
Helez begat Eleasah, and Eleasah begat Sisamai, and
Sisamai begat Shallum, and Shallum begat Jekamiah,
and Jekamiah begat Elishama.]—(1 Chron. ii. 35—41.)
Solomon, the king, was building his own house thirteen
years; and he finished all his house for Pharaoh's daugh¬
ter, whom he had taken to wife. Pharaoh, king of
Egypt, went up and took the city of Gezer from the Ca¬
naanites, and gave it for a present unto his daughter,
Solomon's wife. Ahimaaz was in Napthali; he took
Basmath, the daughter of Solomon, to wife. The son of
Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath,
the daughter of Solomonf to wife.—(1 Kings, chap. 4,7, 9.)
Tahpenes, the queen, was the wife of Pharaoh; and
the sister of Tahpenes was the wife of Hadad, to whom
she bare Genubath; and Genubath was in Pharaoh's
household, among the sons of Pharaoh.—(1 Kings xi. 14.)
David — king of Israel — whose sister was Abigail,
the wife of Jether the Ishmaelite; and she bare Amasa.
(1 Chron. ii. 17 )
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