- A name of Jesus Ge 49:10
- City of Ephraim, north of Beth-el, and on the highway from
Beth-el to ShechemJud 21:19
- Tabernacle located at Jos 18:1-10; Jud 18:31; 21:19; 1Sa 1:3,9,21,24; 2:14; Ps78:60; Jer 7:12
- Seat of government during the time of Joshua Jos 21:1,2
- The place of rendezvous for the tribes Jos 22:9,12; Jud 21:12
- Eli lived at 1Sa 1:9; 4:12,13
- Eli dies at 1Sa 4:18
- Ahijah the prophet lives at 1Ki 14:2
- Devoted men from, killed by Ishmael Jer 41:5-9