Bible Dictionary
Ephrain
Ephrain was a city captured by Judah from Jeroboam. Its identification with other places named Ephraim or Ephron remains uncertain.
Definition
Ephrain was a city of Israel captured by Judah from Jeroboam. It is also rendered Ephron in the Revised Version.
Biblical Usage
It is mentioned in 2 Chronicles 13:19 in the account of Judah’s conflict with Jeroboam.
Historical Background
Its identification with Ephron, the place near Baal-hazor, the Ephraim near the wilderness, or Ophrah of Benjamin has been proposed, but the supplied material treats these identifications as conjectural.
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Historical Bible Dictionaries
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(hamlet), a city of Israel which Judah captured from Jeroboam. (2 Chronicles 13:19) It has been conjectured that this Ephrain or Ephron is identical with the Ephraim by which Absalom’s sheep-farm of Baal-hazor was situated; with the city called Ephraim near the wilderness in which our Lord lived for some time; and with Ophrah, a city of Benjamin, apparently not far from Bethel. But nothing more than conjecture can be arrived at on these points.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>e'-fra-in (2Ch 13:19), the Revised Version (British and American)</p><p>EPHRON, which see.</p>