Ephraim, Forest of
Ephraim, Forest of
( , yaar ‘ephrayim): The word yaar (Hebrew) probably agrees in meaning with the Arabic war, which indicates a rough country, abounding in rocks, stones and scrub, with occasional trees; not a forest, as we understand the term. Here Absalom was defeated and slain (2Sa 18:6, the King James Version wood of Ephraim). It must be sought, therefore, east of the Jordan, in the neighborhood of Mahanaim; but no identification is yet possible.