Dict: easton - Rama

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Rama @ kjv@Matthew:2:18), the Greek form of Ramah.

(1.) A city first mentioned in kjv@Joshua:18:25, near Gibeah of Benjamin. It was fortified by Baasha, king of Israel (kjvKings:15:17-22; kjv@2Chronicals:16:1-6). Asa, king of Judah, employed Benhadad the Syrian king to drive Baasha from this city (kjvKings:15:18-20). Isaiah (10:29) refers to it, and also Jeremiah, who was once a prisoner there among the other captives of Jerusalem when it was taken by Nebuchadnezzar kjv@Jeremiah:39:8-12 kjv@Jeremiah:40:1). Rachel, whose tomb lies close to Bethlehem, is represented as weeping in Ramah kjv@Jeremiah:31:15) for her slaughtered children. This prophecy is illustrated and fulfilled in the re-awakening of Rachel's grief at the slaughter of the infants in Bethlehem kjv@Matthew:2:18). It is identified with the modern village of er
- Ram, between Gibeon and Beeroth, about 5 miles due north of Jerusalem. (
See SAMUEL

(2.) A town identified with Rameh, on the border of Asher, about 13 miles south-east of Tyre, "on a solitary hill in the midst of a basin of green fields" kjv@Joshua:19:29).

(3.) One of the "fenced cities" of Naphtali kjv@Joshua:19:36), on a mountain slope, about seven and a half miles west-south-west of Safed, and 15 miles west of the north end of the Sea of Galilee, the present large and well-built village of Rameh.

(4.) The same as Ramathaim-zophim (q.v.), a town of Mount Ephraim ( kjv@1Samuel:1:1 kjv@1Samuel:1:19).

(5.) The same as Ramoth-gilead (q.v.), kjv@2Kings:8:29; kjv@2Chronicals:22:6.

Ramath of the south @ (Heb. Ramath-negeb). The Heb. negeb is the general designation for south or south-west of Judah. This was one of the towns of Simeon kjv@Joshua:19:8). It is the same as "south Ramoth" ( kjv@1Samuel:30:27; R.V., "Ramoth of the south"). Its site is doubtful. Some have thought it another name for Baalath-beer.

Ramath-lehi @ elevation of Lehi, or the jawbone height; i.e., the Ramah of Lehi kjv@Judges:15:15-17). The phrase "in the jaw," ver. 19, Authorized Version, is in the margin, also in the Revised Version, "in Lehi." Here Samson slew a thousand Philistines with a jawbone.

Ramath-mizpeh @ the height of Mizpeh or of the watch-tower kjv@Joshua:13:26), a place mentioned as one of the limits of Gad. There were two Mizpehs on the east of the Jordan. This was the Mizpeh where Jacob and Laban made a covenant, "Mizpeh of Gilead," called also Galeed and Jegar-sahadutha. It has been identified with the modern es
- Salt, where the roads from Jericho and from Shechem to Damascus unite, about 25 miles east of the Jordan and 13 south of the Jabbok.

Ramathaim-zophim @ the two heights of the Zophites or of the watchers (only in kjv@1Samuel:1:1), "in the land of Zuph" (9:5). Ramathaim is another name for Ramah

(4). One of the Levitical families descended from Kohath, that of Zuph or Zophai ( kjv@1Chronicles:6:26 kjv@1Chronicles:6:35), had a district assigned to them in Ephraim, which from this circumstance was called "the land of Zuph," and hence the name of the town, "Zophim." It was the birth-place of Samuel and the seat of his authority ( kjv@1Samuel:2:11 kjv@1Samuel: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). This town 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. Some have supposed that it may be identical with Arimathea of the New Testament. (
See MIZPAH).

Ramathite @ the designation given to Shimei, the manager of David's vineyard ( kjv@1Chronicles:27:27).