Bible Location
Meaning: eminences; high places · 3 cross references · Modern-day map available
This Ramoth entry refers to Ramoth-gilead in its refuge-city role rather than the wider royal battle cycle. It is important because it preserves the legal and Levitical significance of that eastern stronghold. First appears in Deut 4:43.1
Place meaning
eminences; high places
Coordinates
32.57, 36.01
First appears
Deut 4:43
AI summary: Ramoth here focuses on the civic and sacred role of Ramoth-gilead. As a city of refuge and Levitical center east of the Jordan, it embodied justice and priestly order before later royal conflicts made the place famous for other reasons. The cross references present this Ramoth as an eastern refuge-city of ordered mercy.1
Place meaning
eminences; high places
Latitude
32.57
Longitude
36.01
Bible references
3
Heights of Gilead, a city of refuge on the east of Jordan; called “Ramoth in Gilead” (Deut. 4:43; Josh. 20:8; 21:38). Here Ahab, who joined Jehoshaphat in an endeavour to rescue it from the hands of the king of Syria, was mortally wounded (1 Kings 22:1-36). A similar attempt was afterwards made by Ahaziah and Joram, when the latter was wounded (2 Kings 8:28). In this city Jehu, the son of Jehoshaphat, was anointed by one of the sons of the prophets (9:1, 4).
It has with probability been identified with Reimun, on the northern slope of the Jabbok, about 5 miles west of Jerash or Gerasa, one of the cities of Decapolis. Others identify it with Gerosh, about 25 miles north-east of es-Salt, with which also many have identified it. (See RAMATH-MIZPEH.) 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
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.