Thus says the Lord,
“A voice is heard in Ramah,
Lamentation and bitter weeping.
Rachel is weeping for her children;
She refuses to be comforted for her children,
Because they are no more.”
Verse Concepts

Matthew 2:18

“A voice was heard in Ramah,
Weeping and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children;
And she refused to be comforted,
Because they were no more.” Verse Concepts

Isaiah 10:29

They have gone through the pass, saying,
“Geba will be our lodging place.”

Ramah is terrified, and Gibeah of Saul has fled away.

Verse Concepts

Ramah » Also called ramathaim-zophim » Home of samuel

1 Samuel 7:17

Then his return was to Ramah, for his house was there, and there he judged Israel; and he built there an altar to the Lord. Verse Concepts

1 Samuel 16:13

Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon David from that day forward. And Samuel arose and went to Ramah. Verse Concepts

1 Samuel 1:19-20

Then they arose early in the morning and worshiped before the LORD, and returned again to their house in Ramah And Elkanah had relations with Hannah his wife, and the LORD remembered her. It came about in due time, after Hannah had conceived, that she gave birth to a son; and she named him Samuel, saying, "Because I have asked him of the LORD."

1 Samuel 15:34

Then Samuel went to Ramah, but Saul went up to his house at Gibeah of Saul.

1 Samuel 8:4

Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah; Verse Concepts

Ramah » Called rama » Attempted fortification of, by king baasha; destruction of, by asa

2 Chronicles 16:1-6

In the thirty-sixth year of Asa's reign Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah and fortified Ramah in order to prevent anyone from going out or coming in to Asa king of Judah. Then Asa brought out silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the king's house, and sent them to Ben-hadad king of Aram, who lived in Damascus, saying, "Let there be a treaty between you and me, as between my father and your father. Behold, I have sent you silver and gold; go, break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel so that he will withdraw from me." read more.
So Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, and they conquered Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim and all the store cities of Naphtali. When Baasha heard of it, he ceased fortifying Ramah and stopped his work. Then King Asa brought all Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its timber with which Baasha had been building, and with them he fortified Geba and Mizpah.

1 Kings 15:17-22

Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah in order to prevent anyone from going out or coming in to Asa king of Judah. Then Asa took all the silver and the gold which were left in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the treasuries of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants And King Asa sent them to Ben-hadad the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Aram, who lived in Damascus, saying, "Let there be a treaty between you and me, as between my father and your father. Behold, I have sent you a present of silver and gold; go, break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel so that he will withdraw from me." read more.
So Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, and conquered Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah and all Chinneroth, besides all the land of Naphtali. When Baasha heard of it, he ceased fortifying Ramah and remained in Tirzah. Then King Asa made a proclamation to all Judah--none was exempt--and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its timber with which Baasha had built. And King Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin and Mizpah.

Ramah » Called rama » People of, return from the babylonian captivity

Ezra 2:26

the sons of Ramah and Geba, 621; Verse Concepts

Nehemiah 7:30

the men of Ramah and Geba, 621; Verse Concepts

Nehemiah 11:33

Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,

Ramah » Also called ramathaim-zophim » A city near mount ephraim

1 Samuel 1:1

Now there was a certain man from Ramathaim-zophim from the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite. Verse Concepts

Jude 1:4-5

For certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. Now I desire to remind you, though you know all things once for all, that the Lord, after saving a people out of the land of Egypt, subsequently destroyed those who did not believe.

Ramah » Called rama » A city allotted to the tribe of benjamin

Joshua 18:25

Gibeon and Ramah and Beeroth,

Judges 19:13

He said to his servant, “Come and let us approach one of these places; and we will spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.” Verse Concepts

Ramah » Also called ramathaim-zophim » Home of elkanah

1 Samuel 1:19

Then they arose early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord, and returned again to their house in Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with Hannah his wife, and the Lord remembered her. Verse Concepts

1 Samuel 2:11

Then Elkanah went to his home at Ramah. But the boy ministered to the Lord before Eli the priest. Verse Concepts

1 Samuel 1:1

Ramah » Also called ramathaim-zophim » Samuel dies and was buried in

1 Samuel 25:1

Then Samuel died; and all Israel gathered together and mourned for him, and buried him at his house in Ramah. And David arose and went down to the wilderness of Paran.

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1 Samuel 28:3

Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had removed from the land those who were mediums and spiritists. Verse Concepts

Ramah » Also called ramathaim-zophim » David flees to

1 Samuel 19:18

Now David fled and escaped and came to Samuel at Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and stayed in Naioth. Verse Concepts

Ramah » A city » A city of the territory of the tribe of naphthali

Joshua 19:36

and Adamah and Ramah and Hazor,

Ramah » A city » A city of the territory of the tribe of asher

Joshua 19:29

The border turned to Ramah and to the fortified city of Tyre; then the border turned to Hosah, and it ended at the sea by the region of Achzib.

Ramah » Called rama » Jeremiah imprisoned in

Jeremiah 40:1

The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord after Nebuzaradan captain of the bodyguard had released him from Ramah, when he had taken him bound in chains among all the exiles of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon. Verse Concepts

Ramah » Called rama

Matthew 2:18

“A voice was heard in Ramah,
Weeping and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children;
And she refused to be comforted,
Because they were no more.” Verse Concepts