| Ra'mah. (a hill). This is the name of several places in the Holy Land. The home of Elkanah, Samuel's father, 1 Samuel 1:19; 1Sa 2:11, the birthplace of Samuel himself, his home and official residence, the site of his altar, 1Sa 7:17; 1Sa 8:4; 1Sa 15:34; 1Sa 16:13; 1Sa 19:18, and finally, his burial-place, 1Sa 25:1; 1Sa 28:3. It is a contracted form of Ramathaim-zophim. All that is directly said as to its situation is that it was in Mount Ephraim, 1Sa 1:1, a district without defined boundaries, The position of Ramah is a much-disputed question. Tradition, however places the residence of Samuel on the lofty and remarkable eminence of Neby Samwil, which rises four miles to the northwest of Jerusalem. Since the days of Arcult, the tradition appears to have been continuous. Here, then, we are inclined in the present state of the evidence, to place the Ramah of Samuel. Smith's Bible Dictionary or |
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