Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.

Bible References

The passage

1 Samuel 13:23
A garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass at Micmash.
1 Samuel 14:4
Now there was a steep cliff on each side of the pass through which Jonathan intended to go to reach the Philistine garrison. One cliff was named Bozez, the other Seneh.

Ramah

Joshua 18:24
Kephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba -- a total of twelve cities and their towns.
1 Samuel 7:17
Then he would return to Ramah, because his home was there. He also judged Israel there and built an altar to the Lord there.
1 Samuel 15:34
Then Samuel went to Ramah, while Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.
Jeremiah 31:15
The Lord says, "A sound is heard in Ramah, a sound of crying in bitter grief. It is the sound of Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because her children are gone."
Hosea 5:8
Blow the ram's horn in Gibeah! Sound the trumpet in Ramah! Sound the alarm in Beth Aven! Tremble in fear, O Benjamin!

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