Bible Location
Meaning: elevation of the jaw-bone · 1 cross reference · Modern-day map available
Ramath-lehi was the height named after Samson's victory with the jawbone. It is important because it turns a moment of violent deliverance into a permanent place-memory. First appears in Judg 15:17.1
Place meaning
elevation of the jaw-bone
Coordinates
31.75, 34.98
First appears
Judg 15:17
AI summary: Ramath-lehi matters because Samson's strange and dramatic triumph is embedded in the land through naming. The place belongs to the landscape of conflict, exhaustion, and remembered deliverance.1
Place meaning
elevation of the jaw-bone
Latitude
31.75
Longitude
34.98
Bible references
1
Elevation of Lehi, or the jawbone height; i.e., the Ramah of Lehi (Judg. 15:15-17). The phrase “in the jaw,” ver. 19, Authorized Version, is in the margin, also in the Revised Version, “in Lehi.” Here Samson slew a thousand Philistines with a jawbone. 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Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated.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.
| Book | Cross-References |
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| Judg |
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.