This document is about Ephraim (place name). For other homonyms, please refer to the Ephraim document.
A region located not far from Baal Hazor, where Absalom killed Amnon.
2 Sam 13:23After two full years, Absalom had sheep shearers in Baal Hazor, which is near Ephraim, and Absalom invited all the king’s sons.
Jesus, after raising Lazarus in Bethany, knowing that the Jews were plotting to kill him, left Bethany with his disciples and went to Ephraim, a place near the wilderness, and stayed there.
John 11:54Therefore Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews, but went from there to a town called Ephraim, near the wilderness, and stayed there with his disciples.
The most important region within Ephraim is Samaria.
Isa 7:9The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.
After Omri (King of Northern Israel) built the city of Samaria and made it his capital, it came to be called Samaria.
1 Kings 16:23In the thirty-first year of Judah’s King Asa, Omri became king of Israel and reigned for twelve years. He reigned in Tirzah for six years.1 Kings 16:24He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver and built a city on the hill, naming the city he built Samaria, after Shemer, the owner of the hill.