Gen 48:14, 20, 2Sa 16:5, 19:9, 1Ki 12:20, 25, Hos 4:15-17, 5:3 | ESV | STEP | And Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim , who was the younger , and his left hand on the head of Manasseh , crossing his hands (for Manasseh was the firstborn ).

Genesis 48:14

14 ^aAnd Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, ^bcrossing his hands (for Manasseh was the firstborn).

Genesis 48:20

20 So he blessed them that day, saying,

“By you Israel will pronounce blessings, saying,
^c‘God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh.’”
Thus he put Ephraim before Manasseh.

2 Samuel 16:5

Shimei Curses David

5 When King David came to ^dBahurim, there came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was ^eShimei, the son of Gera, and as he came ^fhe cursed continually.

2 Samuel 19:9

9 And all the people were arguing throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, ^g“The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies and ^hsaved us from the hand of the Philistines, and now ⁱhe has fled out of the land from Absalom.

1 Kings 12:20

20 And when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. There was none that followed the house of David but ^jthe tribe of Judah only.

1 Kings 12:25

Jeroboam’s Golden Calves

25 Then Jeroboam ^kbuilt Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And he went out from there and ^lbuilt Penuel.

Hosea 4:15-17

15 Though you play the whore, O ^mIsrael,
let not ⁿJudah become guilty.
^oEnter not into ^pGilgal,
nor go up to ^qBeth-aven,
and swear not, “As the Lord lives.”
16 Like a stubborn heifer,
Israel is stubborn;
can the Lord now feed them
like a lamb in a broad pasture?
17 ^rEphraim is joined to idols;
^sleave him alone.

Hosea 5:3

3 ^tI know Ephraim,
and Israel is not hidden from me;
for now, O Ephraim, you have played the whore;
Israel is defiled.