{"query": "Easton: Ephraim, Wood of", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_1e5cd4280b92", "title": "Easton: Ephraim, Wood of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A forest in which a fatal battle was fought between the army of David and that of Absalom, who was killed there (2 Sam. 18:6, 8). It lay on the east of Jordan, not far from Mahanaim, and was some part"}, {"id": "card_c_m_ed9545c80260", "title": "Easton: Ephraim, Wood of shares a section with Easton: Haman", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Ephraim, Wood of shares a section with Easton: Haman."}, {"id": "card_c_m_890485695a8a", "title": "Easton: Ephraim, Wood of shares a section with Easton: Gabriel", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Ephraim, Wood of shares a section with Easton: Gabriel."}, {"id": "card_n_19006cf8f9e2", "title": "Easton: Forest", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Heb. ya’ar, meaning a dense wood, from its luxuriance. Thus all the great primeval forests of Syria (Eccl. 2:6; Isa. 44:14; Jer. 5:6; Micah 5:8). The most extensive was the trans-Jordanic forest of Ep"}, {"id": "card_n_c42ad4111361", "title": "Easton: Ephraim, The tribe of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Took precedence over that of Manasseh by virtue of Jacob’s blessing (Gen. 41:52; 48:1). The descendants of Joseph formed two of the tribes of Israel, whereas each of the other sons of Jacob was the fo"}, {"id": "card_c_f4d05bdc9697", "title": "Easton: Ephraim, The tribe of references Ephraim", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Ephraim (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_n_1aa0292cf9e2", "title": "Easton: Almug", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1 Kings 10:11, 12) = algum (2 Chr. 2:8; 9:10, 11), in the Hebrew occurring only in the plural almuggim (indicating that the wood was brought in planks), the name of a wood brought from Ophir to be us"}, {"id": "card_n_cd4ed0307bd4", "title": "Easton: Ephraim, Mount", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "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 wer"}, {"id": "card_n_a3e130911017", "title": "Easton: Thyine wood", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Mentioned only in Rev. 18:12 among the articles which would cease to be purchased when Babylon fell. It was called citrus, citron wood, by the Romans. It was the Callitris quadrivalvis of botanists, o"}, {"id": "card_n_b42234543200", "title": "Easton: Ephraim", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Double fruitfulness (“for God had made him fruitful in the land of his affliction”). The second son of Joseph, born in Egypt (Gen. 41:52; 46:20). The first incident recorded regarding him is his being"}, {"id": "card_c_88bc336139fb", "title": "Easton: Refuge, Cities of references Ephraim", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Ephraim (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_c_13faef993b9b", "title": "Easton: Gibeah of Phinehas references Ephraim", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Ephraim (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_c_m_b6a1ed0b6d7c", "title": "Easton: Ephraim, The tribe of shares a section with Easton: Humiliation of Christ", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Ephraim, The tribe of shares a section with Easton: Humiliation of Christ."}, {"id": "card_n_811c44b51f63", "title": "Easton: Wood-offering", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Neh. 10:34; 13:31). It would seem that in the time of Nehemiah arrangements were made, probably on account of the comparative scarcity of wood, by which certain districts were required, as chosen by "}, {"id": "card_c_m_bd460a8baabe", "title": "Easton: Ephraim, The tribe of shares a section with Easton: Flesh", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Ephraim, The tribe of shares a section with Easton: Flesh."}, {"id": "card_n_3cc3dc2b99e7", "title": "Easton: Aloes", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. ‘ahalim), a fragrant wood (Num. 24:6; Ps. 45:8; Prov. 7:17; Cant. 4:14), the Aquilaria agallochum of botanists, or, as some suppose, the costly gum or perfume extracted from the wood. It is foun"}, {"id": "card_n_5b5569c35c17", "title": "Easton: Micah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A shortened form of Micaiah, who is like Jehovah? (1.) A man of Mount Ephraim, whose history so far is introduced in Judg. 17, apparently for the purpose of leading to an account of the settlement of "}, {"id": "card_n_a7fc06cc491a", "title": "Easton: Box-tree", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. teashshur), mentioned in Isa. 60:13; 41:19, was, according to some, a species of cedar growing in Lebanon. The words of Ezek. 27:6 literally translated are, “Thy benches they have made of ivory,"}, {"id": "card_n_06b5e8cbdb84", "title": "Easton: Tappuah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Apple-region. (1.) A town in the valley or lowland of Judah; formerly a royal city of the Canaanites (Josh. 12:17; 15:34). It is now called Tuffuh, about 12 miles west of Jerusalem. (2.) A town on the"}, {"id": "card_c_4784e2363e1c", "title": "Easton: Ephraim, Wood of references Absalom", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Absalom (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}]}