Biblical Hebrew Forum

["George F. Somsel" <gfsomsel AT juno.com>]

On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 17:59:33 +0100 Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
writes:
> On 03/09/2004 17:38, Harold R. Holmyard III wrote:
> 
> > ...
> >
> > HH: The only Upper and Lower Beth Horon we know about are in 
> Israel, 
> > and if there were some other ones in Egypt, the Chronicler would 
> have 
> > probably clarified that point. Technically, you can't rule out an 
> 
> > Egyptian pair of cities, but I think the proposition is misguided. 
> 
> > Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon always refer to cities in 
> > Israel. The question as to the reference of the suffix on "his 
> > daughter" in 1 Chron 7:24 could be either Ephraim as the dominant 
> 
> > person in verses 22-23, or it could be Beriah.
> >
> > HH: I hope to look into this issue a bit more on Saturday. Right 
> now I 
> > am totally baffled.
> >
> A quick passing thought: if Ephraim was the son of an important 
> Egyptian 
> official during the MB period, perhaps he and his family were sent 
> to 
> settle and form a semi-Egyptian colony at Beth Horon in what became 
> the 
> land of Israel. His daughter was in charge of the settlement while 
> his 
> sons got into trouble with the local Canaanites of Gath. After that 
> 
> perhaps the settlement was abandoned. This would explain the limited 
> MB 
> evidence at the site as well as the text of Chronicles.
> 
> -- 
> Peter Kirk
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> 
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Peter,

And perhaps Ephraim was ET's brother.  C'mon.  There's only one person
(?) known in the OT simply as Ephraim.  Why all this unsupported
speculation ?  Is is not simply to avoid the obvious conclusion?

george
gfsomsel