Mount Ephraim
Template:Short description Template:Otheruses Mount Ephraim (Template:Langx), or alternatively Mount of Ephraim, was the historical name for the central mountainous district of Israel once allotted to the Tribe of Ephraim (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".), extending from Bethel to the plain of Jezreel. In Joshua's time (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".), approximately sometime between the 18th century BCE and the 13th century BCE, these hills were densely wooded. They were intersected by well-watered, fertile valleys, referred to in Script error: No such module "Bibleverse"..
Later, the region became known as Samaria, after the capital city of the northern Kingdom of Israel which was centered in the area.
Notable persons
Joshua was buried at Timnath-heres among the mountains of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".). This region is also called the "mountains of Israel" (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".) and the "mountains of Samaria" (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".: Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".).
Israel's fourth judge and prophetess Deborah lived in this region. Her home was called "the palm tree of Deborah", and was between Bethel and Ramah in Benjamin (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".).
'Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel. And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:(Ephraim was the new king after the pass of the King of Solomon.) [1]