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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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walked: Joh 4:1-3, Joh 7:1, Joh 10:40, Joh 18:20 went: Joh 7:4, Joh 7:10, Joh 7:13 Ephraim: Ephraim appears to be the same city which is called Ephrain, (see note on Ch2 13:19), and Ephron, (see note on Jos 15:9), which was situated eight miles north of Jerusalem, near Bethel, and apparently between that city and Jericho. Accordingly we find that a desert, or wilderness, extended from Jericho to Bethel ( Jos 16:1), called the wilderness of Bethaven ( Jos 18:12), in which Joshua and the Israelites slew the inhabitants of Ai. ( Jos 8:24.) Sa2 13:23; Ch2 13:19 John 11:55
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