One other person, place or group in the registry answers to the name Ephraim Gate. Every Ephraim Gate in the Bible
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Ephraim Gate
אֶפְרַ֫יִם
The Ephraim Gate, a gate in Jerusalem's wall that was broken down by King Jehoash of Israel during his conflict with King Amaziah of Judah.
- verses
- 2
- first named
- 2 Kings 14:13
- last named
- 2 Chronicles 25:23
- feature
- gate
Description
Ephraim Gate in the text
The Ephraim Gate was one of the gates in the wall of Jerusalem during the time of the Divided Kingdom. It is mentioned in the context of the conflict between King Jehoash of Israel and King Amaziah of Judah (2Ki.14.13; 2Ch.25.23).
After Amaziah's defeat by Jehoash, the king of Israel came to Jerusalem and broke down a section of the city wall from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate, a distance of about 400 cubits (approximately 600 feet or 180 meters). This action was likely meant to humiliate Judah and demonstrate Israel's military superiority.
The Ephraim Gate was probably located on the north side of the city, facing toward the territory of Ephraim. Its exact location is uncertain, but it may have been situated near the modern-day Damascus Gate or Herod's Gate. The destruction of this portion of the wall would have left Jerusalem vulnerable and symbolized the weakened state of Judah under Amaziah's rule.
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Stands in the same events as
- Joash2 events
- Corner Gate2 events
- Jerusalem1 event
The pattern
Where Ephraim Gate is named
Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.
2 verses across 2 of 66 books; 64 write the name nowhere. Named in 2 Kings (1) and 2 Chronicles (1).
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Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 2, across 2 books.
2 Kings1 verse
2 Chronicles1 verse
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