The central mountainous district of Palestine occupied by the "tribe of Ephraim (Josh. 17:15; 19:50; 20:7), extending from" Bethel to the plain of Jezreel. In Joshua's time (Josh. 17:18) these hills were densely wooded. They were intersected by "well-watered, fertile valleys, referred to in Jer. 50:19. Joshua" "was buried at Timnath-heres among the mountains of Ephraim, on" the north side of the hill of Gaash (Judg. 2:9). This region is "also called the "mountains of Israel" (Josh. 11:21) and the" "mountains of Samaria (Jer. 31:5, 6: Amos 3:9)."
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Congregation mount of the Ephraim Ephraim Gate of Ephraim in the wilderness Ephraim The tribe of Ephraim Wood of Mount Mount of beatitudes Mount of corruption Mount of the Amalekites Mount of the Amorites Mount of the congregation Mount of the valley Naphtali Mount Olves Mount of Paran Mount Perazim Mount Sermon on the mount