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Easton's Bible Dictionary

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(Matthew 2:18 ), the Greek form of Ramah.
  • A city first mentioned in Joshua 18:25 , near Gibeah of Benjamin. It was fortified by Baasha, king of Israel (1 Kings 15:17-22; 2 Chronicles 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, who was once a prisoner there among the other captives of Jerusalem when it was taken by Nebuchadnezzar (Jeremiah 39:8-12; 40:1 ). Rachel, whose tomb lies close to Bethlehem, is represented as weeping in Ramah (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 (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 .)

  • 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" ( Joshua 19:29 ).

  • One of the "fenced cities" of Naphtali (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.

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

  • The same as Ramoth-gilead (q.v.), 2 Kings 8:29; 2 Chronicles 22:6 .

    Bibliography Information
    Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Rama'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ebd/​r/rama.html. 1897.
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