Bible Location
Meaning: same as Ram · 1 cross reference · Modern-day map available
This Ramah entry refers to the fortified town in Naphtali, distinct from the other places named Ramah elsewhere in the Bible. It is important because it shows the name being used for another northern settlement in Israel's territorial lists. First appears in Josh 19:36.1
AI summary: This Ramah is another example of how common some biblical place names could be. Its single reference places it within the settled and fortified landscape of Naphtali rather than within the larger stories attached to Samuel, Benjamin, or Gilead. That makes it less narratively prominent but still meaningful for reading Israel's inherited geography accurately. The cross references present this Ramah as a northern fortified town, separate from the better-known locations of the same name.1
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. 3
| Book | Cross-References |
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.