Ephraimites

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The Ephraimites were a prominent Israelite tribe descended from Ephraim, traditionally associated with leadership roles and a central territory in the northern Kingdom of Israel.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Bnei Ephraim 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Israelite tribe
biblical people
associatedWith Ark of the Covenant at Shiloh NERFINISHED
associatedWithFigure Jeroboam I NERFINISHED
Joshua son of Nun NERFINISHED
Samuel (by traditional association with Ramah in Ephraim) NERFINISHED
associatedWithSanctuary Shiloh NERFINISHED
borderedBy tribe of Benjamin NERFINISHED
tribe of Dan NERFINISHED
tribe of Issachar NERFINISHED
tribe of Manasseh NERFINISHED
capitalInTerritory Samaria NERFINISHED
Shiloh NERFINISHED
collectiveNameWith Joseph tribes
house of Joseph NERFINISHED
conflictWith tribe of Gilead
tribe of Judah NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin ancient Israel NERFINISHED
descentFrom Ephraim son of Joseph NERFINISHED
Jacob NERFINISHED
Joseph son of Jacob NERFINISHED
destroyedBy Neo-Assyrian Empire NERFINISHED
ethnicGroupOf Kingdom of Israel NERFINISHED
event Assyrian conquest of the northern Kingdom of Israel NERFINISHED
language Hebrew
mentionedIn Book of Joshua NERFINISHED
Book of Judges NERFINISHED
Books of Chronicles NERFINISHED
Books of Kings NERFINISHED
Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

prophetic books
namedAfter Ephraim NERFINISHED
partOf Twelve Tribes of Israel NERFINISHED
politicalStatus core tribe of northern monarchy
rival to tribe of Judah
religion ancient Israelite religion
roleInIsrael dominant tribe in northern Kingdom of Israel
leadership tribe
statusAfterAssyrianConquest counted among the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel
symbolicallyRepresented northern Kingdom of Israel NERFINISHED
ten northern tribes
traditionalBlessing Jacob’s blessing of Ephraim over Manasseh
tribalGroupWith tribe of Manasseh NERFINISHED
tribalStandard house of Joseph standard (traditional)
tribalTerritory central hill country of Canaan
central region of the northern Kingdom of Israel

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jephthah conflictWith Ephraimites
tribe of Ephraim father Ephraimites
subject surface form: Ephraim
Ephraim hasCollectiveDemonym Ephraimites
Bene Ephraim selfDesignation Ephraimites
this entity surface form: Bnei Ephraim