2 Chronicles 13:4

13:4 Abijah ascended Mount Zemaraim, in the Ephraimite hill country, and said: “Listen to me, Jeroboam and all Israel!

2 Chronicles 17:2

17:2 He placed troops in all of Judah’s fortified cities and posted garrisons 1  throughout the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had seized.

2 Chronicles 19:4

Jehoshaphat Appoints Judges

19:4 Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem. 2  He went out among the people from Beer Sheba to the hill country of Ephraim and encouraged them to follow 3  the Lord God of their ancestors. 4 

2 Chronicles 28:7

28:7 Zikri, an Ephraimite warrior, killed the king’s son Maaseiah, Azrikam, the supervisor of the palace, and Elkanah, the king’s second-in-command.

2 Chronicles 30:10

30:10 The messengers journeyed from city to city through the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun, but people mocked and ridiculed them. 5 

2 Chronicles 15:8

15:8 When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he was encouraged. 6  He removed the detestable idols from the entire land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had seized in the Ephraimite hill country. He repaired the altar of the Lord in front of the porch of the Lord’s temple. 7 

2 Chronicles 25:7

25:7 But a prophet 8  visited him and said: “O king, the Israelite troops must not go with you, for the Lord is not with Israel or any of the Ephraimites. 9 

2 Chronicles 25:23

25:23 King Joash of Israel captured King Amaziah of Judah, son of Joash son of Jehoahaz, in Beth Shemesh and brought him to Jerusalem. He broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate – a distance of about six hundred feet. 10 

2 Chronicles 28:12

28:12 So some of 11  the Ephraimite family leaders, Azariah son of Jehochanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, Jechizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai confronted 12  those returning from the battle.

2 Chronicles 30:1

Hezekiah Observes the Passover

30:1 Hezekiah sent messages throughout Israel and Judah; he even wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, summoning them to come to the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem 13  and observe a Passover celebration for the Lord God of Israel.

1 tn Or perhaps, “governors.”

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2 tn Heb “and turned them back to.”

3 tn Heb “fathers.”

1 tn Heb “and they were mocking them and ridiculing them.”

1 tn Heb “strengthened himself.”

2 tn Heb “the porch of the Lord.”

1 tn Heb “man of God.”

2 tn Heb “Israel, all the sons of Ephraim.”

1 tn Heb “400 cubits.” Assuming a cubit of 18 inches (45 cm), the distance would have been about 600 feet (180 m).

1 tn Heb “men from.”

2 tn Heb “arose against.”

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