Places in the Bible Today:
Ephraim 1
Data
| Translated Name | Ephraim |
|---|---|
| Types | mountain or settlement |
| Notes | may refer to the territory of Ephraim rather than the settlement |
| Geo Data |
KML (for Google Earth) GeoJSON (for GIS applications) |
3 Possible Identifications
- Taybeh (modern): 50% confidence
- another name for Ophrah 1 (ancient): less than 10% confidence
- another name for Mount Ephron (ancient): less than 10% confidence
Verses (1)
2Sam 13:23
Linked Data Identifiers
| Source | Identifier |
|---|---|
| Biblemapper.com | 409 |
| OpenBible.info | a507da9 (Ephraim 1) |
Sources
- Baly, Atlas of the Biblical World (1971): Ephraim
- Baly, The Geography of the Bible (1974): page 175
- Carta Bible Atlas, 5th Edition (2011)
- Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)
- Gordon, I and II Samuel (1986): 2Sam 13:23
- Grollenberg, Atlas of the Bible (1957): Ephraim
- Hammond Atlas of the Bible Lands (2007): Ephraim
- Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary (2003)
- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1979)
- Reader’s Digest Atlas of the Bible (1981): Ephraim
- Revised Expositor’s Bible Commentary (2012): John 11:54
- Tyndale Bible Dictionary (2001)
- Tübingen Bible Atlas (2001): Ephraim
- Westminster Historical Atlas to the Bible (1956): Ephraim
- Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia (1975)
- Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible (2010)
Confidence Trends over Time
This chart indicates how confidence in the identifications is changing over time. Each dot (connected by a dotted line) reflects the confidence of an identification over the preceding ten years (e.g., the 2009 dot reflects scholarship from 2000 to 2009), and the corresponding solid line reflects a best-fit line for the identification. Confidences that cluster near or below 0% indicate low confidence. Because of the small dataset, it's best to use this chart for general trends; if one identification is trending much higher than the others (in this case, Taybeh), then you can probably have higher confidence in the identification. This chart only reflects the sources I consulted (listed above), not an exhaustive review of the literature.
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About
This page attempts to identify all the possible locations where this biblical place could be. The confidence levels add up to less than 100%, indicating that the modern location is uncertain. It's best to think about the confidences in relative rather than absolute terms. Often they reflect different schools of thought, each confident in their identifications.