Ramah (ancient Israel)

Ramah (ancient Israel)

Ramah or Rama ("height") may refer to one of several places in ancient Israel, including:
* Ramathaim-Zophim, the birth-place of Samuel
* Ramoth-Gilead, a Levite city of refuge
* Ramah in Benjamin
* Baalath-Beer, also known as Ramoth of the South, in the tribe of Simeon
* a city of Asher, which seems to be difficult to identify. Some have believed it to be the same as Rameh, southeast of Tyre
* a city in Naphtali's territory. It may be the same as Khirbet Zeitun er-Rameh east of today's Rameh village

ee also

* Ramoth


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