-Elam, Elamites: comprised with the Online Bible dictionaries: The inhabitants of Elam.(in today's Iraq).or 'the Highlands,' to the east of Babylon, were called Elamites. Elam extended to the shore of the Mediterranean, a distance in a direct line of about 1,000 miles. The name Elam is an Assyrian word meaning 'high'.

The nation of Elam existed from the time of the beginning of humanity on Earth. It was one of the first nations. They were descedants of Elam, who was a son of Shem. Shem was one of Noah's three sons:.Genesis 10:1,22.

Babylonia was frequently invaded by the Elamite kings, who at times asserted their supremacy over it as in the case of Chedorlaomer, king of Elam in the time of Abraham.

Ancient Babylon today is in Iraq. They were divided into several branches, speaking different dialects of the same language. 

The later Assyrian monarchs made several campaigns against Elam and finally Assur-bani-pal in about B.C.E. 650 succeeded in conquering the country, which was ravaged with fire and sword. On the fall of the Assyrian Empire, Elam passed into the hands of the Persians.

-Ephraim/Ephraimites:.Israel as used in the Bible today.refers to spiritual persons and Ephraim is used to denote those of spiritual Israel, those in Christ., those who become open to what has been called the covenant God made with Abraham, which stands today.

The words Israel and Ephraim refer to the same thing, an important portion of the ancient nation of Israel that was Ephraim. The line was Abraham, Isaac, Jacob.(whose name was changed to the name Israel).and Joseph, whose sons were Ephraim and Manasseh.

Ephraim came to be a general name for those of ancient Israel. 
The ancient lineage is Abraham, Issac, Jacob, Joseph. Ephraim was youngest son of Joseph. Joseph's other son was Manasseh.

Genesis 41:50-52 "And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him. And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, For God, said he, has made me forget all my toil and all my father's house. And the name of the second called he Ephraim, For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction."
Genesis 48:1 "...he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim."

Jacob's name was changed to Israel. He was the grandson of Abraham. 

Manasseh was older brother of Ephraim. Manasseh and Ephraim's father was Joseph. The promises God inspired Jacob, grandfather of Ephraim and Manasseh to confer, have throughout history been fulfilled in the nations of Englans.(Ephraim).and the United States of America.(Manasseh):.Genesis 48:9-20; Galatians 3:6-9.

England abrogated her empire physically but continued it financially.(see Empire of the City; type into an Internet search engine).

Ancient Ephraim had the wrong kind of pride which led to its downfall:.Judges 12:1-6.

Easton's Bble Dictionary:.Mount Ephraim was the central mountainous district of Palestine occupied by the tribe of Ephraim extending from Bethel to the plain of Jezreel. In Joshua's time these hills were densely wooded. They were intersected by well-watered, fertile valleys. Joshua was buried at Timnathheres among the mountains of Ephraim on the north side of the hill of Gaash:.Judges 2:8,9. This region in the Bible is also called the 'mountains of Israel' and the 'mountains of Samaria'.

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary: Manasseh was the eldest son of Joseph, born in Egypt from a woman named Asenath given to him by the reigning pharaoh at the time:.Genesis 41:44,45. 

Manasseh's descendants constituted a full tribe. This was divided in the promised land.(Numbers 13:18-21), one part having settled east of the Jordan river in the country of Bashan, from the river Jabbok northwards. And the other part, were west of the Jordan and between the tribes of Ephraim and Issachar, which extended from the Jordan river to the Mediterranean.(map):.Numbers 34:13-15. Bashan was far inferior to the land of Ephraim in wealth and power of its people. History has balanced that with Manasseh becoming much larger and more powerful than Ephraim.

Eastons's Bible Dictionary: Jabbok menans 'a pouring out', one of the streams on the east of Jordan, into which it falls about midway between the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea or about 45 miles below the Sea of Galilee. It rises on the eastern side of the mountains of Gilead and runs a course of about 65 miles in a wild and deep ravine. It was the boundary between the territory of the Ammonites and that of Og, king of Bashan:.Joshua 12:1-5. It also runs between the tribe of Reuben and the half tribe of Manasseh. In its course westward across the plains it passes more than once underground. The scenery along its banks is probably the most picturesque in Palestine and the ruins of town and village and fortress which stud the surrounding mountainside render the country as interesting as it is beautiful. This river is now called the Zerka, the blue river.