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Ramah

Where Ramah sits on the map, and the 13 verses where it appears, in biblical order and linked to the full chapter.

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Identified with
Al Ram
Coordinates
31.8543, 35.2316
Mentions
13 mentions

Coordinates and the modern identification come from the open atlas at OpenBible.info. For regions, peoples and large features there is no identification: the marked point only places the area on the map, and stands for neither a particular site nor its boundaries.

Passages where it appears

13 verses, in biblical order.

1 Samuel

  • 1 Samuel 1:19

    And they rose up in the morning, and they worshipped before the Lord. And they returned and arrived at their own house at Ramah. Then Elkanah knew his wife Hannah. And the Lord remembered her.

  • 1 Samuel 2:11

    And Elkanah went away to Ramah, to his house. But the boy was a minister in the sight of the Lord, before the face of Eli, the priest.

  • 1 Samuel 7:17

    And he returned to Ramah. For his house was there, and he judged Israel there. And then he built an altar to the Lord there.

  • 1 Samuel 8:4

    Therefore, all those greater by birth of Israel, having gathered together, went to Samuel at Ramah.

  • 1 Samuel 15:34

    Then Samuel went away to Ramah. But Saul ascended to his house at Gibeah.

  • 1 Samuel 16:13

    Therefore, Samuel took the horn of oil, and he anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit of the Lord was guiding David from that day and thereafter. And Samuel rose up, and he went away to Ramah.

  • 1 Samuel 19:18

    Now David was saved by fleeing, and he went to Samuel in Ramah. And he reported to him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went away and stayed at Naioth.

  • 1 Samuel 19:19

    Then it was reported to Saul by some, saying, “Behold, David is at Naioth, in Ramah.”

  • 1 Samuel 19:22

    also went to Ramah himself. And he went as far as the great cistern, which is in Socoh. And he inquired and said, “In which place are Samuel and David?” And it was told to him, “Behold, they are at Naioth, in Ramah.”

  • 1 Samuel 19:23

    And he went to Naioth, in Ramah, and the Spirit of the Lord came to him also. And he continued on, walking and prophesying, until he arrived at Naioth, in Ramah.

  • 1 Samuel 20:1

    Then David fled from Naioth, which is in Ramah, and he went and said before Jonathan: “What have I done? What is my iniquity, or what is my sin, against your father, so that he would seek my life?”

  • 1 Samuel 25:1

    Then Samuel died, and all of Israel gathered together, and they mourned him. And they buried him at his house in Ramah. And David, rising up, descended to the desert of Paran.

  • 1 Samuel 28:3

    Now Samuel was dead, and all of Israel mourned for him, and they buried him in Ramah, his city. And Saul took away the magi and soothsayers from the land.

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