Nave's Topical Bible

"RAMAH" to "RANSOM"

RAMAH

-1. Called RAMA Mt 2:18 .A city allotted to the tribe of Benjamin Jos 18:25; Jud 19:13 .Attempted fortification of, by King Baasha; destruction of, by Asa 1Ki 15:17-22; 2Ch 16:1-6 .People of, return from the Babylonian captivity Ezr 2:26; Ne 7:30; 11:33 .Jeremiah imprisoned in Jer 40:1 .Prophecies concerning Isa 10:29; Jer 31:15; Ho 5:8; Mt 2:18

-2. A city of the territory of the tribe of Asher Jos 19:29

-3. A city of the territory of the tribe of Naphthali Jos 19:36

-4. Also called RAMATHAIM-ZOPHIM .A city near Mount Ephraim Jude 1:4, 5; 1Sa 1:1 .Home of Elkanah 1Sa 1:1, 19; 2:11 .Home of Samuel 1Sa 1:19, 20; 7:17; 8:4; 15:34; 16:13 .David flees to 1Sa 19:18 .Samuel dies and was buried in 1Sa 25:1; 28:3

-5. RAMAH .See RAMOTH-GILEAD

RAMATH

-A city of the tribe of Simeon Jos 19:8

RAMATHAIM-ZOPHIM

-See RAMAH, number four

RAMATH-LEHI

-The place where Samson killed one-thousand Philistines with the jawbone of a donkey Jud 15:17

RAMATH-MIZPEH

-A town in the territory of the tribe of Gad Jos 13:26

RAMESES

-(Called also Raamses.) -The district in Egypt which was inhabited by the Israelites Ge 47:11; Ex 1:11; 12:37; Nu 33:3, 5 .City of, built by the Israelites as a treasure city for one of the Pharaohs Ex 1:11

RAMIAH

-(An Israelite at the time of Ezra) -Had taken a non-Israelite wife Ezr 10:25

RAMOTH

-1. An Israelite at the time of Ezra .Had taken a non-Israelite wife Ezr 10:29

-2. Called RAMATH OF THE SOUTH .A place probably in the south of the tribe of Simeon Jos 19:8; 1Sa 30:27

-3. A city of the territory of the tribe of Issachar, allotted to the Levites 1Ch 6:73

-4. Ramoth in Gilead .See RAMOTH-GILEAD

RAMOTH-GILEAD

-Also called RAMAH 2Ki 8:2; 2Ch 22:6

-A city of the territory of the tribe of Gad, and one of the cities of refuge De 4:43; Jos 20:8; 1Ch 6:80

-One of Solomon's commissaries there 1Ki 4:13

-In the possession of the Syrians 1Ki 22:3

-Besieged by Israel and Judah; Ahab killed there 1Ki 22:29-36; 2Ch 18

-Recovered by Joram; Joram wounded there 2Ki 8:28, 29; 9:14, 15; 2Ch 22:5, 6

-Elisha anoints Jehu to be king there 2Ki 9:1-6

RANSOM

-Of a man's life Ex 21:30; 30:12; Job 36:18; Ps 49:7, 8; Pr 6:35; 13:8; Ho 13:14

-FIGURATIVE Job 33:24; Isa 35:10; 51:10; Mt 20:28; 1Ti 2:6 .See JESUS .See SAVIOUR .See REDEMPTION