Encyclopedia entry
Ramoth
Heights. A Levitical city in the tribe of Issachar (1 Sam. 30:27; 1 Chr. 6:73), the same as Jarmuth (Josh. 21:29) and Remeth (q.v.), 19:21.
In the Bible
27
Verses where Ramoth is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Chronicles 6:73
Ramoth, and Anem, together with their pasturelands.
- 1 Chronicles 6:80
And from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, Mahanaim,
- 1 Kings 4:13
Ben-geber in Ramoth-gilead (the villages of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead belonged to him, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan with its sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);
- 1 Kings 22:3
who said to his servants, “Do you not know that Ramoth-gilead is ours, but we have failed to take it from the hand of the king of Aram?”
- 1 Kings 22:4
So he asked Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to fight against Ramoth-gilead?” Jehoshaphat answered the king of Israel, “I am as you are, my people are your people, and my horses are your horses.”
- 1 Kings 22:6
So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and asked them, “Should I go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
+21 more verses naming Ramoth.
Scripture on Ramoth
12
Entries that reference Ramoth
19
Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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