Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.

Bible References

Exalted

Numbers 2:18
“On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim by their armies, and the leader of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud,
Numbers 10:22
Next the standard of the camp of the sons of Ephraim, according to their armies, was set out, with Elishama the son of Ammihud over its army,
Numbers 13:8
from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun;
Numbers 27:16
May the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,
Joshua 3:7
Now the Lord said to Joshua, “This day I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that just as I have been with Moses, I will be with you.
1 Kings 12:25
Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and lived there. And he went out from there and built Penuel.

Offended

Hosea 11:2
The more they called them,
The more they went from them;
They kept sacrificing to the Baals
And burning incense to idols.
1 Kings 16:29
Now Ahab the son of Omri became king over Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.
1 Kings 18:18
He said, “I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father’s house have, because you have forsaken the commandments of the Lord and you have followed the Baals.
2 Kings 17:16
They forsook all the commandments of the Lord their God and made for themselves molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah and worshiped all the host of heaven and served Baal.

Died

Genesis 2:17
but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die.”
Romans 5:12
Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned—
2 Corinthians 5:14
For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died;