"(Matt. 2:18), the Greek form of Ramah. (1.) A city first" "mentioned in Josh. 18:25, near Gibeah of Benjamin. It was" "fortified by Baasha, king of Israel (1 Kings 15:17-22; 2 Chr." "16:1-6). Asa, king of Judah, employed Benhadad the Syrian king" "to drive Baasha from this city (1 Kings 15:18, 20). Isaiah" "(10:29) refers to it, and also Jeremiah, who was once a prisoner" there among the other captives of Jerusalem when it was taken by "Nebuchadnezzar (Jer. 39:8-12; 40:1). Rachel, whose tomb lies" "close to Bethlehem, is represented as weeping in Ramah (Jer." 31:15) for her slaughtered children. This prophecy is illustrated and fulfilled in the re-awakening of Rachel's grief at the slaughter of the infants in Bethlehem (Matt. 2:18). It is "identified with the modern village of er-Ram, between Gibeon and" "Beeroth, about 5 miles due north of Jerusalem. (See" [518]SAMUEL.) "(2.) A town identified with Rameh, on the border of Asher, about "13 miles south-east of Tyre, "on a solitary hill in the midst of" "a basin of green fields" (Josh. 19:29)." "(3.) 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. "(4.) The same as Ramathaim-zophim (q.v.), a town of Mount "Ephraim (1 Sam. 1:1, 19)." "(5.) The same as Ramoth-gilead (q.v.), 2 Kings 8:29; 2 Chr. 22:06 (Heb. Ramath-negeb). The Heb. negeb is the general designation for south or south-west of Judah. This was one of the towns of "Simeon (Josh. 19:8). It is the same as "south Ramoth" (1 Sam." "30:27; R.V., "Ramoth of the south"). Its site is doubtful. Some" have thought it another name for Baalath-beer. The two heights of the Zophites or of the watchers (only in 1 "Sam. 1:1), "in the land of Zuph" (9:5). Ramathaim is another" name for Ramah (4). "One of the Levitical families descended from Kohath, that of "Zuph or Zophai (1 Chr. 6:26, 35), had a district assigned to" "them in Ephraim, which from this circumstance was called "the" "land of Zuph," and hence the name of the town, "Zophim." It was" the birth-place of Samuel and the seat of his authority (1 Sam. 2:11; 7:17). It is frequently mentioned in the history of that prophet and of David (15:34; 16:13; 19:18-23). Here Samuel died and was buried (25:1). "This town has been identified with the modern Neby Samwil ("the "prophet Samuel"), about 4 or 5 miles north-west of Jerusalem." But there is no certainty as to its precise locality. Some have supposed that it may be identical with Arimathea of the New Testament. (See [519]MIZPAH). "The designation given to Shimei, the manager of David's vineyard" (1 Chr. 27:27). "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. "The height of Mizpeh or of the watch-tower (Josh. 13:26), a" place mentioned as one of the limits of Gad. There were two Mizpehs on the east of the Jordan. This was the Mizpeh where "Jacob and Laban made a covenant, "Mizpeh of Gilead," called also" Galeed and Jegar-sahadutha. It has been identified with the "modern es-Salt, where the roads from Jericho and from Shechem to" "Damascus unite, about 25 miles east of the Jordan and 13 south" of the Jabbok.