Ramoth (Issachar)

Ramoth (Issachar)

Ramoth was a Levite city in the Tribe of Issachar. It is probably the same as Remeth and Jarmuth. (Joshua 19:17,21 1 Chronicles 6:71-73) Some have tentatively identified it with Kokab el-Hawa north of Beth-Shean.


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