EPHRAIM (2)(1) A position apparently of some importance, since the position of Baal-hazor (probably = Tell `Asur) where Abraham's sheep-farm was located, is determined by relation to it (2 Samuel 13:23). That it lay North of Jerusalem seems to be indicated in 2 Samuel 13:34. It may be identical with the Ephraim of Eusebius, Onomasticon, 20 Roman miles North... View Details
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Joel Jehovah is his God. The oldest of Samuel's two sons appointed by him as judges in Beersheba ( 1 Samuel 8:2 ). (See VASHNI (n/a).) A descendant of Reuben ( 1 Chronicles 5:4 1 Chronicles 5:8 ). One of David's famous warriors ( 1 Chronicles 11:38 ). A Levite of the family of Gershom ( 1 Chronicles 15:7 1 Chronicles 15:11 ). 1&nbs... View Details
Joel [N] [H] [S] Jehovah is his God. The oldest of Samuel's two sons appointed by him as judges in Beersheba ( 1 Samuel 8:2 ). (See VASHNI (n/a).) A descendant of Reuben ( 1 Chronicles 5:4 1 Chronicles 5:8 ). One of David's famous warriors ( 1 Chronicles 11:38 ). A Levite of the family of Gershom ( 1 Chronicles 15:7 1 Chronicles... View Details
Manasseh [N] [H] [S] who makes to forget. "God hath made me forget" (Heb. nashshani), Genesis 41:51 . The elder of the two sons of Joseph. He and his brother Ephraim were afterwards adopted by Jacob as his own sons ( 48:1 ). There is an account of his marriage to a Syrian ( 1 Chronicles 7:14 ); and the only thing afterwards recorded of him is, that his grandchildren were "... View Details