Ramah

How Nave’s arranged it

• 1. Called RAMAMatthew 2:18
• A city allotted to the tribe of BenjaminJoshua 18:25Judges 19:13
• Attempted fortification of, by King Baasha; destruction of, by Asa1 Kings 15:17–222 Chronicles 16:1–6
• People of, return from the Babylonian captivityEzra 2:26Nehemiah 7:30Nehemiah 11:33
• Jeremiah imprisoned inJeremiah 40:1
• Prophecies concerningIsaiah 10:29Jeremiah 31:15Hosea 5:8Matthew 2:18
• 2. A city of the territory of the tribe of AsherJoshua 19:29
• 3. A city of the territory of the tribe of NaphthaliJoshua 19:36
• 4. Also called RAMATHAIM-ZOPHIM
• A city near Mount Ephraim Jude 1:4,51 Samuel 1:1
• Home of Elkanah1 Samuel 1:11 Samuel 1:191 Samuel 2:11
• Home of Samuel1 Samuel 1:191 Samuel 1:201 Samuel 7:171 Samuel 8:41 Samuel 15:341 Samuel 16:13

The passages, in Bible order (25)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Joshua 18:25

   Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

   ›Commentary on Joshua 18:251 voice

   “Gibeon,.... Gibeon is the place from whence the Gibeonites came, who deceived Joshua, Jos 9:3. Jerom says (p), in his time there was a village shown of this name, four miles from Bethel to the east, near Ramah, next mentioned: and Ramah, which Jerom relates (q) was six miles from Aelia or Jerusalem to the north, against Bethel.

   Everything gathered on Joshua 18:25→

   Verse page →Original language →

2. Joshua 19:29

   The border then turned back toward Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre, turned toward Hosah, and came out at the Sea in the region of Achzib,

   ›Commentary on Joshua 19:291 voice

   “And then the coast turneth to Ramah,.... Which was a city in the tribe of Naphtali, Jos 19:36; and on the borders of Asher; though Jerom (y) distinguishes them, and speaks of a Ramah in Asher, and another in Naphtali, as different cities of the same name; as there were several of this name, so called from their being built on an eminence.

   Everything gathered on Joshua 19:29→

   Verse page →Original language →

3. Joshua 19:36

   Adamah, Ramah, Hazor,

   ›Commentary on Joshua 19:361 voice

   “And Adamah,.... Adamah is different from Adami, Jos 19:33; and may seem to confirm the notion of some, that Nekeb there is an epithet of it, and so distinguishes it from Adamah here: and Ramah; of Ramah, as there were several places of this name; see Gill on Jos 19:29, and Hazor was a royal city, of which; see Gill on Jos 11:1.

   Everything gathered on Joshua 19:36→

   Verse page →Original language →

4. Judges 19:13

   He continued, “Come, let us try to reach one of these towns to spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.”

   ›Commentary on Judges 19:132 voices

   “And he said to his servant, come, and let us draw near,....

   “He set out on his journey in happy spirits because he had recovered his dearly beloved wife. One servant was with him, and as day was already declining they sped on their way with swift steps. The woman rode on an ass; her husband felt no weariness, taking joy in his desire and lightening his journey with talk at times with the woman, at times with the slave.

   Everything gathered on Judges 19:13→

   Verse page →Original language →

5. 1 Samuel 1:1

   Now there was a man named Elkanah who was from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.

   ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 1:11 voice

   “Is not this very thing a reason for praising the just person, that one can say of him: "There was one man"? We who are still sinners cannot acquire that title of praise because each of us is not one but many. For looking at me is the face of one who is now angry, and then sad, a little later happy, and then disturbed and then gentle, at times concerned with the things of God and actions leading to eternal life, but shortly after doing things based on greed or the glory of this world.

   Everything gathered on 1 Samuel 1:1→

   Verse page →Original language →

6. 1 Samuel 1:19

   The next morning Elkanah and Hannah got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then returned home to Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her.

   ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 1:191 voice

   “(Moral Exposition) After the multiplication of prayers with his wife Anna, to adore in the morning is among the great gifts of virtues to preserve the virtue of humility; and because the soul which is still weighed down by this burden of corruption cannot stand longer in that sublime vision, they are fittingly reported to have returned to their own city.

   Everything gathered on 1 Samuel 1:19→

   Verse page →Original language →

7. 1 Samuel 1:20

   So in the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him from the LORD.”

   ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 1:201 voice

   “(Moral Exposition) But what does it mean that Anna conceives and gives birth after the cycle of days, except that contemplation, once elevated to the beauty of the Creator, does not receive the joy of perfect devotion? Therefore she is said to have conceived and given birth after the cycle of days, because when contemplation is habitually seized up to heavenly things, it receives the gift of desired fruitfulness in the vision of heavenly light. For the cycle of days is the infusion of divine light.

   Everything gathered on 1 Samuel 1:20→

   Verse page →Original language →

8. 1 Samuel 2:11

   Then Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy began ministering to the LORD before Eli the priest.

   ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 2:111 voice

   “1. We have shown that this man indeed designates the Redeemer of the human race; Anna his wife, His Church; the boy Samuel, the people of believers from the nations; and Ramatha the city, the heavenly homeland. What then does it mean that after his wife's canticle Elkanah is said to have gone away to Ramatha his city, since Anna sang her canticle to God after the boy was born, and the Redeemer ascended to heaven before the holy Church had begotten the gentile people in faith?

   Everything gathered on 1 Samuel 2:11→

   Verse page →Original language →

9. 1 Samuel 7:17

   Then he would return to Ramah because his home was there, and there he judged Israel and built an altar to the LORD.

   ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 7:171 voice

   “31. As we have already said far above, Ramah is interpreted as "consummated vision" and signifies that blessed and perfect society of the citizens above, to which Samuel returns lest he be weighed down by the burden of his labor. For Samuel returns to Ramah when the mind of the preacher is refreshed through love of heavenly things. For amid the immense burdens of his office he would collapse, if he did not return to love of heavenly things through the desire of his hope.

   Everything gathered on 1 Samuel 7:17→

   Verse page →Original language →

10. 1 Samuel 8:4

    So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.

    ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 8:41 voice

    “3. But for those who were living under spiritual governance, to ask for a king—what else is it than to eagerly desire to transform that same spiritual leadership into secular domination? Yet when holy men see that they are despised by their subjects, what displeases them is not so much that they are despised, but that those who despise them do not please God.

    Everything gathered on 1 Samuel 8:4→

    Verse page →Original language →

11. 1 Samuel 15:34

    Then Samuel went to Ramah, but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.

    ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 15:341 voice

    “41. What is the house of the transgressor, if not the habit of wicked work? For whoever is enclosed in a perverse habit dwells, as it were, in a house. Saul therefore ascended to his house, when any reprobate, after the rebuke of teachers, returns to the practice of evil work. For he descended, as it were, to the plains when he feigned humility in order to learn the commands of his superiors. But what does it mean that Samuel is said to have departed before Saul ascended to his house?

    Everything gathered on 1 Samuel 15:34→

    Verse page →Original language →

12. 1 Samuel 16:13

    So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and went to Ramah.

    ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 16:131 voice

    “19. The horn of oil is lifted up, so that the entire life of the pontiff may be shown to be spiritual. The horn of oil is lifted up, so that in that excellent liquid the master of the Church may strive to be a man of great mercy. The head of the king is anointed with oil, because he ought to shine upon the lampstand through the flame of the word. The horn receives oil, so that by rebuking he may cleanse, and by showing compassion he may draw others through gentleness.

    Everything gathered on 1 Samuel 16:13→

    Verse page →Original language →

13. 1 Samuel 19:18

    So David ran away and escaped. And he went to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went to Naioth and stayed there.

    ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 19:181 voice

    “Moreover the perfect soul turns away from matter, shuns and rejects everything that is excessive or inconstant or wicked, and neither sees nor approaches this earthly defilement and corruption. It is attentive to things divine but shuns earthly matter. But its flight is not to depart from the earth but to remain on earth, to hold to justice and temperance, to renounce the vices in material goods, not their use. Holy David fled from the face of Saul, not indeed to depart from the earth but to turn away from the contagion of a cruel, disobedient and treacherous man.

    Everything gathered on 1 Samuel 19:18→

    Verse page →Original language →

14. 1 Samuel 25:1

    When Samuel died, all Israel gathered to mourn for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David set out and went down to the Wilderness of Paran.

    ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 25:11 voice

    “But David arose and went down to the wilderness of Paran. Paran is interpreted as wild ass, or fruitful, or their fierceness. Therefore, with the type of prophecy ceasing, and with Rama, that is in Christ, as it is said, and the Church fulfilled, Judea …

    Everything gathered on 1 Samuel 25:1→

    Verse page →Original language →

15. 1 Samuel 28:3

    Now by this time Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had removed the mediums and spiritists from the land.

    ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 28:31 voice

    “And Saul removed all the magicians, etc. Magicians and soothsayers, the first of whom, commonly called sorcerers, use blood and sacrifices, and often touch the bodies of the dead, following (whom other translations call enchanters) accomplish their work with words; all these soothsayers and idolatries …

    Everything gathered on 1 Samuel 28:3→

    Verse page →Original language →

16. 1 Kings 15:17–22

    Baasha king of Israel went to war against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.

    ›Commentary on 1 Kings 15:17–221 voice

    “And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah,....

    Everything gathered on 1 Kings 15:17–22→

    Verse page →Original language →