Ramathaim-zophim

Ramathaim-Zophim (Hebrew: רמתיים־צופים‎), also called Ramah (Hebrew: רָמָה‎) and Ramatha in the Douay-Rheims, a town that has been identified with the modern Neby Samwil ("the prophet Samuel"), about 4 or 5 miles north-west of Jerusalem. But there is no certainty as to its precise locality.

The home of Elkanah, Samuel’s father (1 Samuel 1:19 ; 2:11 ), the birth-place of Samuel and the seat of his authority (1 Sam. 2:11; 7:17). It is frequently mentioned in the history of that prophet and of David (15:34; 16:13; 19:18-23). Here Samuel died and was buried (25:1).

Some e.g. Petrus Comestor (ca. 1100-1179) in his Historia Sc(h)olastica, Cap. CLXXX: De sepultura Domini, have identified it as Arimathea of the New Testament.

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