Ramah
ra'-ma (ha-ramah, without the definite article only in Neh
11:33; Jer 31:15): The name denotes height, from root rum,
"to be high," and the towns to which it applied seem all to
have stood on elevated sites.
(1) Codex Vaticanus Arael; Codex Alexandrinus Rhama: A
fenced city in the lot assigned to Naphtali (Josh 19:36).
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1. Called RAMA
Mt 2:18
A city allotted to the tribe of Benjamin
Jos 18:25; Jud 19:13
Attempted fortification of, by King Baasha; destruction
of,
by Asa
1Ki 15:17-22; 2Ch 16:1-6
People of, return from the Babylonian captivity
Ezr 2:26; Ne 7:30; 11:33
Jeremiah imprisoned in
Jer 40:1
Prophecies concerning
Isa 10:29; Jer 31:15; Ho 5:8; Mt ...
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(a hill). This is the name of several places in the holy
land.
1. One of the cities of the allotment of Benjamin.
Jos 18:25 Its site is at er-Ram, about five miles from
Jerusalem, and near to Gibeah. Jud 4:5; 19:13; 1Sa 22:6 Its
people returned after the captivity. Ezr 2:26; Ne 7:30
2. The home of Elkanah, Samuel's father, 1Sa 1:19;
2:11 the...
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(Matt. 2:18), the Greek form of Ramah. (1.) A city first
mentioned in Josh. 18:25, near Gibeah of Benjamin.
It was
fortified by Baasha, king of Israel (1 Kings 15:17-
22; 2 Chr.
16:1-6). Asa, king of Judah, employed Benhadad the
Syrian king
to drive Baasha from this city (1 Kings 15:18, 20).
Isaiah
(10:29) refers to it, and also Jeremiah, w...
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RAMA or RAMAH ("an elevated spot".)
1. In Benjamin (Jeremiah 31:15; Matthew 2:18). The
cry of the weeping mothers and of Rachel is poetically
represented as heard as far as Rama, on the E. side of the
N. road between Jerusalem and Bethel; Rama where Nebuzaradan
gathered the captive Jews to take them to Babylon. Not far
from Gibeah of Saul (1...
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And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds
which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought
against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram
king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in
Jezreel, because he was sick....
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And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds
which were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king
of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went
down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was
sick....
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And [then] the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city
Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings
thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib:...
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And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built
Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to
Asa king of Judah....
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