Ephraim, Mount the central mountainous district of Palestine occupied by the tribe of Ephraim (Joshua 17:15; Joshua 1:19; Joshua 1:20), extending from Bethel to the plain of Jezreel. In Joshua's time (Joshua 17:18) these hills were densely wooded. They were intersected by well-watered, fertile valleys, referred to in Jeremiah 50:19. Joshua was buried at Timnath-heres among the mountains of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash (Judges 2:9). This region is also called the "mountains of Israel" (Joshua 11:21) and the "mountains of Samaria" (Jeremiah 31:5, Jeremiah 1:31: Amos 3:9).