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@waterman

Ephraim was another name for the Northern Kingdom of Israel...
the ten tribes [now sometimes called the "ten lost tribes"]
who were totally destroyed and removed from Palestine by Assyria.


Ephraim was the main part of the 12 tribe Israelite diaspora,
God's lost sheep who had become gentiles to whom Christ sent
His disciples, the "wild olive branch" that was grafted back
to the olive tree [Israel] via Christianity.


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