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Rama
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(Matt. 2:18), the Greek form of Ramah.
Rama (1)
#A city first mentioned in Josh. 18:25, near Gibeah of Benjamin. It was fortified by Baasha, king of Israel (1 Kings 15:17-22; 2 Chr. 16:1-6). Asa, king of Judah, employed Benhadad the Syrian king to drive Baasha from this city (1 Kings 15:18, 20). Isaiah (10:29) refers to it, and also Jeremiah, who was once a prisoner there among the other captives of Jerusalem when it was taken by Nebuchadnezzar (Jer. 39:8-12; 40:1). Rachel, whose tomb lies close to Bethlehem, is represented as weeping in Ramah (Jer. 31:15) for her slaughtered children. This prophecy is illustrated and fulfilled in the re-awakening of Rachel’s grief at the slaughter of the infants in Bethlehem (Matt. 2:18). It is identified with the modern village of er-Ram, between Gibeon and Beeroth, about 5 miles due north of Jerusalem. (See SAMUEL.)
Rama (2)
#A town identified with Rameh, on the border of Asher, about 13 miles south-east of Tyre, “on a solitary hill in the midst of a basin of green fields” (Josh. 19:29).
Rama (3)
#One of the “fenced cities” of Naphtali (Josh. 19:36), on a mountain slope, about seven and a half miles west-south-west of Safed, and 15 miles west of the north end of the Sea of Galilee, the present large and well-built village of Rameh.
Rama (4)
#The same as Ramathaim-zophim (q.v.), a town of Mount Ephraim (1 Sam. 1:1, 19).
Rama (5)
#The same as Ramoth-gilead (q.v.), 2 Kings 8:29; 2 Chr. 22:6.
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
(Matthew 2:15) referring to (Jeremiah 31:15) It is the Greek form of Ramah.
In the Bible
1
Verses where Rama is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- Matthew 2:18
“A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”
Scripture on Rama
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Entries that reference Rama
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Rama references
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Voices on Rama
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Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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