Ramah
라마
Named in the prophecy quoted at Matthew 2:18 as where the voice was heard. Judges 4:4–5 says that Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, judged Israel at that time and lived under Deborah’s palm tree between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and that the children of Israel came up to her for judgment. 1 Samuel 1:19 says, “They rose up in the morning early and worshiped the LORD, then returned and came to their house to Ramah. Then Elkanah knew Hannah his wife”; 2:11 says, “Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child served the LORD before Eli the priest.” 1 Samuel 7:15–17 says that Samuel went from year to year in a circuit to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah, judging Israel, and that his return was to Ramah, for his house was there, and he judged Israel there; and he built an altar to the LORD there. 1 Samuel 19:18 says that David fled and escaped, and came to Samuel at Ramah, and that he and Samuel went and lived in Naioth; at 19:19–23 Saul is told, “Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah,” and sends messengers, and then he also goes to Ramah, comes to the great well that is in Secu, and goes there to Naioth in Ramah; and at 20:1 David flees from Naioth in Ramah, and comes and speaks to Jonathan. 1 Samuel 25:1 says that when Samuel died, all Israel gathered themselves together and mourned for him, and buried him “at his house at Ramah”.
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- 1KI 15:16–22, engwebp
16There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
17Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
18Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that was left in the treasures of the LORD’s house, and the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered it into the hand of his servants. Then King Asa sent them to Ben Hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who lived at Damascus, saying,
19“Let there be a treaty between me and you, like that between my father and your father. Behold, I have sent to you a present of silver and gold. Go, break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.”
20Ben Hadad listened to King Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel, and struck Ijon, and Dan, and Abel Beth Maacah, and all Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
21When Baasha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah, and lived in Tirzah.
22Then King Asa made a proclamation to all Judah. No one was exempted. They carried away the stones of Ramah, and its timber, with which Baasha had built; and King Asa used it to build Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
- 1SA 1:19–20, engwebp
19They rose up in the morning early and worshiped the LORD, then returned and came to their house to Ramah. Then Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.
20When the time had come, Hannah conceived, and bore a son; and she named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked him of the LORD.”
- 1SA 2:11, engwebp
11Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child served the LORD before Eli the priest.
- 1SA 7:15–17, engwebp
15Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
16He went from year to year in a circuit to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah; and he judged Israel in all those places.
17His return was to Ramah, for his house was there, and he judged Israel there; and he built an altar to the LORD there.
- 1SA 8:4–6, engwebp
4Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together and came to Samuel to Ramah.
5They said to him, “Behold, you are old, and your sons don’t walk in your ways. Now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.”
6But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” Samuel prayed to the LORD.
- 1SA 15:34–35, engwebp
34Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.
35Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death, but Samuel mourned for Saul. The LORD grieved that he had made Saul king over Israel.
- 1SA 16:11–13, engwebp
11Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your children here?” He said, “There remains yet the youngest. Behold, he is keeping the sheep.” Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and get him, for we will not sit down until he comes here.”
12He sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, with a handsome face and good appearance. The LORD said, “Arise! Anoint him, for this is he.”
13Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the middle of his brothers. Then the LORD’s Spirit came mightily on David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.
- 1SA 19:18–24, engwebp
18Now David fled and escaped, and came to Samuel at Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. He and Samuel went and lived in Naioth.
19Saul was told, saying, “Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.”
20Saul sent messengers to seize David; and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as head over them, God’s Spirit came on Saul’s messengers, and they also prophesied.
21When Saul was told, he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied. Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they also prophesied.
22Then he also went to Ramah, and came to the great well that is in Secu: and he asked, “Where are Samuel and David?” One said, “Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah.”
23He went there to Naioth in Ramah. Then God’s Spirit came on him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
24He also stripped off his clothes. He also prophesied before Samuel and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Therefore they say, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”
- 1SA 20:1–11, engwebp
1David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said to Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? What is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?”
2He said to him, “Far from it; you will not die. Behold, my father does nothing either great or small, but that he discloses it to me. Why would my father hide this thing from me? It is not so.”
3David swore moreover, and said, “Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes; and he says, ‘Don’t let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved;’ but truly as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.”
4Then Jonathan said to David, “Whatever your soul desires, I will even do it for you.”
5David said to Jonathan, “Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to dine with the king; but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field to the third day at evening.
6If your father misses me at all, then say, ‘David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem, his city; for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family.’
7If he says, ‘It is well,’ your servant shall have peace; but if he is angry, then know that evil is determined by him.
8Therefore deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the LORD with you; but if there is iniquity in me, kill me yourself, for why should you bring me to your father?”
9Jonathan said, “Far be it from you; for if I should at all know that evil were determined by my father to come on you, then wouldn’t I tell you that?”
10Then David said to Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you roughly?”
11Jonathan said to David, “Come! Let’s go out into the field.” They both went out into the field.
- 1SA 25:1, engwebp
1Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together and mourned for him, and buried him at his house at Ramah. Then David arose and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
- 1SA 28:3–6, engwebp
3Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. Saul had sent away those who had familiar spirits and the wizards out of the land.
4The Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and encamped in Shunem; and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they encamped in Gilboa.
5When Saul saw the army of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly.
6When Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD didn’t answer him by dreams, by Urim, or by prophets.
- 2CH 16:1–6, engwebp
1In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
2Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the LORD’s house and of the king’s house, and sent to Ben Hadad king of Syria, who lived at Damascus, saying,
3“Let there be a treaty between me and you, as there was between my father and your father. Behold, I have sent you silver and gold. Go, break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.”
4Ben Hadad listened to King Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they struck Ijon, Dan, Abel Maim, and all the storage cities of Naphtali.
5When Baasha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah, and let his work cease.
6Then Asa the king took all Judah, and they carried away the stones and timber of Ramah, with which Baasha had built; and he built Geba and Mizpah with them.
- 2KI 8:28–29, engwebp
28He went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth Gilead, and the Syrians wounded Joram.
29King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel from the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
- EZR 2:21–35, engwebp
21The children of Bethlehem, one hundred twenty-three.
22The men of Netophah, fifty-six.
23The men of Anathoth, one hundred twenty-eight.
24The children of Azmaveth, forty-two.
25The children of Kiriath Arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty-three.
26The children of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty-one.
27The men of Michmas, one hundred twenty-two.
28The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty-three.
29The children of Nebo, fifty-two.
30The children of Magbish, one hundred fifty-six.
31The children of the other Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
32The children of Harim, three hundred twenty.
33The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty-five.
34The children of Jericho, three hundred forty-five.
35The children of Senaah, three thousand six hundred thirty.
- HOS 5:8–15, engwebp
8“Blow the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah! Sound a battle cry at Beth Aven, behind you, Benjamin!
9Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel, I have made known that which will surely be.
10The princes of Judah are like those who remove a landmark. I will pour out my wrath on them like water.
11Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment, because he is intent in his pursuit of idols.
12Therefore I am to Ephraim like a moth, and to the house of Judah like rottenness.
13“When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his wound, then Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to King Jareb: but he is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound.
14For I will be to Ephraim like a lion, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I myself will tear in pieces and go away. I will carry off, and there will be no one to deliver.
15I will go and return to my place, until they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face. In their affliction they will seek me earnestly.”
- ISA 10:28–32, engwebp
28He has come to Aiath. He has passed through Migron. At Michmash he stores his baggage.
29They have gone over the pass. They have taken up their lodging at Geba. Ramah trembles. Gibeah of Saul has fled.
30Cry aloud with your voice, daughter of Gallim! Listen, Laishah! You poor Anathoth!
31Madmenah is a fugitive. The inhabitants of Gebim flee for safety.
32This very day he will halt at Nob. He shakes his hand at the mountain of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
- JDG 4:4–5, engwebp
4Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, judged Israel at that time.
5She lived under Deborah’s palm tree between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim; and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
- JDG 19:10–15, engwebp
10But the man wouldn’t stay that night, but he rose up and went near Jebus (also called Jerusalem). With him were a couple of saddled donkeys. His concubine also was with him.
11When they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said to his master, “Please come and let’s enter into this city of the Jebusites, and stay in it.”
12His master said to him, “We won’t enter into the city of a foreigner that is not of the children of Israel; but we will pass over to Gibeah.”
13He said to his servant, “Come and let’s draw near to one of these places; and we will lodge in Gibeah, or in Ramah.”
14So they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down on them near Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.
15They went over there, to go in to stay in Gibeah. He went in, and sat down in the street of the city; for there was no one who took them into his house to stay.
- JER 31:15–22, engwebp
15The LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children. She refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.”
16The LORD says: “Refrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears, for your work will be rewarded,” says the LORD. “They will come again from the land of the enemy.
17There is hope for your latter end,” says the LORD. “Your children will come again to their own territory.
18“I have surely heard Ephraim grieving thus, ‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as an untrained calf. Turn me, and I will be turned, for you are the LORD my God.
19Surely after that I was turned. I repented. After that I was instructed. I struck my thigh. I was ashamed, yes, even confounded, because I bore the reproach of my youth.’
20Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he a darling child? For as often as I speak against him, I still earnestly remember him. Therefore my heart yearns for him. I will surely have mercy on him,” says the LORD.
21“Set up road signs. Make guideposts. Set your heart toward the highway, even the way by which you went. Turn again, virgin of Israel. Turn again to these your cities.
22How long will you go here and there, you backsliding daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing on the earth: a woman will encompass a man.”
- JER 40:1–6, engwebp
1The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were carried away captive to Babylon.
2The captain of the guard took Jeremiah and said to him, “The LORD your God pronounced this evil on this place;
3and the LORD has brought it, and done according as he spoke. Because you have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing has come on you.
4Now, behold, I release you today from the chains which are on your hand. If it seems good to you to come with me into Babylon, come, and I will take care of you; but if it seems bad to you to come with me into Babylon, don’t. Behold, all the land is before you. Where it seems good and right to you to go, go there.”
5Now while he had not yet gone back, “Go back then,” he said, “to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people; or go wherever it seems right to you to go.” So the captain of the guard gave him food and a present, and let him go.
6Then Jeremiah went to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah, and lived with him among the people who were left in the land.
- MAT 2:16–18, engwebp
16Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men.
17Then that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying,
18“A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; she wouldn’t be comforted, because they are no more.”
- NEH 7:25–38, engwebp
25The children of Gibeon: ninety-five.
26The men of Bethlehem and Netophah: one hundred eighty-eight.
27The men of Anathoth: one hundred twenty-eight.
28The men of Beth Azmaveth: forty-two.
29The men of Kiriath Jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth: seven hundred forty-three.
30The men of Ramah and Geba: six hundred twenty-one.
31The men of Michmas: one hundred twenty-two.
32The men of Bethel and Ai: one hundred twenty-three.
33The men of the other Nebo: fifty-two.
34The children of the other Elam: one thousand two hundred fifty-four.
35The children of Harim: three hundred twenty.
36The children of Jericho: three hundred forty-five.
37The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono: seven hundred twenty-one.
38The children of Senaah: three thousand nine hundred thirty.
- NEH 11:31–36, engwebp
31The children of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash and Aija, and at Bethel and its towns,
32at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
33Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,
34Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
35Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.
36Of the Levites, certain divisions in Judah settled in Benjamin’s territory.
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Unresolved interpretation: The Ramah of Judges and the Ramah of Matthew 2:18
- Matthew 2:17–18 says that what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, weeping and great mourning …”. The quotation does not say where Ramah is.
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- MAT 2:16–18, engwebp
16Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men.
17Then that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying,
18“A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; she wouldn’t be comforted, because they are no more.”
- MAT 2:16–18, engwebp
- Judges 4:4–5 says that Deborah, a prophetess, lived “under Deborah’s palm tree between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim”.
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- JDG 4:4–5, engwebp
4Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, judged Israel at that time.
5She lived under Deborah’s palm tree between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim; and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
- JDG 4:4–5, engwebp
- 1 Samuel 1:19 says, “They rose up in the morning early and worshiped the LORD, then returned and came to their house to Ramah.” 2:11 says, “Elkanah went to Ramah to his house.” These verses do not say where Ramah is.
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- 1SA 1:19–20, engwebp
19They rose up in the morning early and worshiped the LORD, then returned and came to their house to Ramah. Then Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.
20When the time had come, Hannah conceived, and bore a son; and she named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked him of the LORD.”
- 1SA 2:11, engwebp
11Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child served the LORD before Eli the priest.
- 1SA 1:19–20, engwebp
Three books name Ramah. Matthew 2:18 names it in a quotation and does not place it; Judges 4:5 names Ramah with Bethel: Deborah lived under Deborah’s palm tree between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim; and 1 Samuel 1:19 has them return and come to their house to Ramah, and 2:11 has Elkanah go to Ramah to his house, and neither places Ramah. Both editions write Ramah (라마) in all three books. The text does not say whether these are one place or more. This collection records them under one entry, and does not decide whether they are the same place.
Unresolved interpretation: Ramathaim Zophim of 1 Samuel 1:1 and Ramah of 1:19 and 2:11
- 1 Samuel 1:1 says, “Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, …” The Korean Revised Version writes the name as one word, 라마다임소빔.
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- 1SA 1:1–2, engwebp
1Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.
2He had two wives. The name of one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
- 1SA 1:1–2, engwebp
- 1 Samuel 1:19 says, “They rose up in the morning early and worshiped the LORD, then returned and came to their house to Ramah. Then Elkanah knew Hannah his wife”; 2:11 says, “Elkanah went to Ramah to his house.”
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- 1SA 1:19–20, engwebp
19They rose up in the morning early and worshiped the LORD, then returned and came to their house to Ramah. Then Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.
20When the time had come, Hannah conceived, and bore a son; and she named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked him of the LORD.”
- 1SA 2:11, engwebp
11Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child served the LORD before Eli the priest.
- 1SA 1:19–20, engwebp
1 Samuel 1:1 calls Elkanah a man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the hill country of Ephraim; 1:19 has them return and come to their house to Ramah, and 2:11 has Elkanah go to Ramah to his house. Both editions write the two names differently (라마다임소빔 and 라마, Ramathaim Zophim and Ramah). The text does not say whether the two names are one place or two. This collection records the differently written names apart and does not decide whether they are the same place.
Unresolved interpretation: Ramah at 2 Kings 8:29, and Ramoth Gilead
- 1 Kings 15:17 says, “Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.” 15:22 says that they carried away the stones of Ramah, and its timber, with which Baasha had built, and that King Asa used it to build Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
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- 1KI 15:16–22, engwebp
16There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
17Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
18Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that was left in the treasures of the LORD’s house, and the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered it into the hand of his servants. Then King Asa sent them to Ben Hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who lived at Damascus, saying,
19“Let there be a treaty between me and you, like that between my father and your father. Behold, I have sent to you a present of silver and gold. Go, break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.”
20Ben Hadad listened to King Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel, and struck Ijon, and Dan, and Abel Beth Maacah, and all Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
21When Baasha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah, and lived in Tirzah.
22Then King Asa made a proclamation to all Judah. No one was exempted. They carried away the stones of Ramah, and its timber, with which Baasha had built; and King Asa used it to build Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
- 1KI 15:16–22, engwebp
- 2 Kings 8:28 says, “He went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth Gilead, and the Syrians wounded Joram.” 8:29 says, “King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel from the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria.”
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- 2KI 8:28–29, engwebp
28He went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth Gilead, and the Syrians wounded Joram.
29King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel from the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
- 2KI 8:28–29, engwebp
- 2 Kings 9:14–15 says, when Jehu conspires against Joram, “Now Joram was defending Ramoth Gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria; but King Joram had returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.” These verses do not name Ramah.
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- 2KI 9:14–16, engwebp
14So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram was defending Ramoth Gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria;
15but King Joram had returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) Jehu said, “If this is your thinking, then let no one escape and go out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel.”
16So Jehu rode in a chariot and went to Jezreel, for Joram lay there. Ahaziah king of Judah had come down to see Joram.
- 2KI 9:14–16, engwebp
1 Kings 15:17–22 tells of the Ramah Baasha built. 2 Kings 8:28 says that they went to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth Gilead, and the Syrians wounded Joram, and 8:29 that King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel from the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah. 9:14–15 say that Joram was defending Ramoth Gilead, and that he had returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him when he fought with Hazael king of Syria, and do not name Ramah. Both editions write Ramah at 8:29 (라마 in the Korean Revised Version). The text does not say where the Ramah of 8:29 is, whether it is the Ramoth Gilead of 8:28 and 9:14, or whether it is the Ramah Baasha built in 1 Kings 15. This collection records the Ramah of 8:29 under the entry for the name Ramah, with the Ramah of 1 Kings 15, and decides neither that they are one place, nor where it is, nor whether it is Ramoth Gilead.
Geographic sources & candidates
Matched to OpenBible.info’s “Ramah 1” by name and 15 shared verses. The coordinate of its leading identification, Al Ram (confidence 723 of 1000), is adopted as a sourced approximation: not verified here, and not the place of any particular event.
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- Al Ram
OpenBible.info confidence 723 of 1000 (current scholarship)
31.85434, 35.23161
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Ramah 1” (CC BY 4.0)
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Narrated location (9) — Hannah bears a son and names him Samuel, Elkanah returns to Ramah, and the child serves the LORD, Samuel’s circuit to Bethel, Gilgal and Mizpah, and his return to Ramah, All the elders of Israel come to Samuel at Ramah and ask for a king, At Naioth in Ramah, Saul’s messengers and then Saul prophesy, Samuel dies and is buried at his house at Ramah, Asa sends silver and gold to Ben Hadad, Baasha stops building Ramah, and King Asa builds Geba of Benjamin and Mizpah, When Baasha builds Ramah, Asa sends silver and gold to Ben Hadad, The children of Bethlehem are killed
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She lived under Deborah’s palm tree between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim; and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
He said to his servant, “Come and let’s draw near to one of these places; and we will lodge in Gibeah, or in Ramah.”
They rose up in the morning early and worshiped the LORD, then returned and came to their house to Ramah. Then Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.
Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child served the LORD before Eli the priest.
His return was to Ramah, for his house was there, and he judged Israel there; and he built an altar to the LORD there.
Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together and came to Samuel to Ramah.
Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.
Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the middle of his brothers. Then the LORD’s Spirit came mightily on David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.
Now David fled and escaped, and came to Samuel at Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. He and Samuel went and lived in Naioth.
Saul was told, saying, “Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.”
Then he also went to Ramah, and came to the great well that is in Secu: and he asked, “Where are Samuel and David?” One said, “Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah.”
He went there to Naioth in Ramah. Then God’s Spirit came on him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said to Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? What is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?”
Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together and mourned for him, and buried him at his house at Ramah. Then David arose and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. Saul had sent away those who had familiar spirits and the wizards out of the land.
Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
When Baasha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah, and lived in Tirzah.
Then King Asa made a proclamation to all Judah. No one was exempted. They carried away the stones of Ramah, and its timber, with which Baasha had built; and King Asa used it to build Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel from the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
When Baasha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah, and let his work cease.
Then Asa the king took all Judah, and they carried away the stones and timber of Ramah, with which Baasha had built; and he built Geba and Mizpah with them.
The children of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty-one.
The men of Ramah and Geba: six hundred twenty-one.
Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,
They have gone over the pass. They have taken up their lodging at Geba. Ramah trembles. Gibeah of Saul has fled.
The LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children. She refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.”
The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were carried away captive to Babylon.
“Blow the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah! Sound a battle cry at Beth Aven, behind you, Benjamin!
“A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; she wouldn’t be comforted, because they are no more.”
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Ramah (place-ramah) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/place/ramah Current wording: Named in the prophecy quoted at Matthew 2:18 as where the voice was heard. Judges 4:4–5 says that Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, judged Israel at that time and lived under Deborah’s palm tree between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and that the children of Israel came up to her for judgment. 1 Samuel 1:19 says, “They rose up in the morning early and worshiped the LORD, then returned and came to their house to Ramah. Then Elkanah knew Hannah his wife”; 2:11 says, “Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child served the LORD before Eli the priest.” 1 Samuel 7:15–17 says that Samuel went from year to year in a circuit to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah, judging Israel, and that his return was to Ramah, for his house was there, and he judged Israel there; and he built an altar to the LORD there. 1 Samuel 19:18 says that David fled and escaped, and came to Samuel at Ramah, and that he and Samuel went and lived in Naioth; at 19:19–23 Saul is told, “Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah,” and sends messengers, and then he also goes to Ramah, comes to the great well that is in Secu, and goes there to Naioth in Ramah; and at 20:1 David flees from Naioth in Ramah, and comes and speaks to Jonathan. 1 Samuel 25:1 says that when Samuel died, all Israel gathered themselves together and mourned for him, and buried him “at his house at Ramah”. Cited evidence: 1KI 15:16–22, engwebp / 1SA 1:19–20, engwebp / 1SA 2:11, engwebp / 1SA 7:15–17, engwebp / 1SA 8:4–6, engwebp / 1SA 15:34–35, engwebp / 1SA 16:11–13, engwebp / 1SA 19:18–24, engwebp (and 15 more of 23) Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.