Ramah

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Ramah ('), in the Bible.

1 Town, NE ancient Palestine, allotted to Naphtali.

2 Town of Asher.

3 Unidentified town of Simeon, called Ramah of the south. It is apparently intended by the Ramoth in First Samuel, by the Baal in First Chronicles, and by Baalath-beer in Joshua.

4 Town of ancient Palestine, on the border between Judah and Israel. Ramah is the traditional burial place of Rachel. The Rama in the Gospel of St. Matthew is possibly the Ramah of Samuel: see Ramathaim-zophim.

5 Same as Ramoth-gilead. The term Ramathite may refer to any of the above.


Ramah may refer to:

In ancient Israel
  • Ramathaim-Zophim, the birth-place of Samuel
  • Ramoth-Gilead, a Levite city of refuge
  • Ramah in Benjamin
  • Baalath-Beer, also known as Ramoth of the South, in the tribe of Simeon
  • a city of Asher, which seems to be difficult to identify. Some have believed it to be the same as Rameh, southeast of Tyre
  • a city in Naphtali's territory. It may be the same as Khirbet Zeitun er-Rameh east of today's Rameh village
Others

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Ramathaim-zophim (place – in the Old Testament)
Asa (king in the Old Testament)
Ramoth-gilead (ancient city, Palestine)