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Efraimsfjell

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Betyr den delen av fjellet som falt til Efraim [Jos 19:50 , etc.]. Innbyggerne snakker i dag om Jebel Nablus

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Ephraim, Mount

the central mountainous district of Palestine occupied by the tribe of Ephraim [Jos 17:15 ; Jos 19:50 ; Jos 20:7 ], extending from Bethel to the plain of Jezreel. In Joshua's time [Jos 17:18 ] these hills were densely wooded. They were intersected by wellwatered, fertile valleys, referred to in [Jer 50:19 ]. Joshua was buried at Timnathheres among the mountains of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash [Dom 2:9 ]. This region is also called themountains of Israel” [Jos 11:21 ] and themountains of Samaria” [Jer 31:5 ; Jer 31:6 ; Am 3:9 ].

EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary