This document is about Ramah (Benjamin_Region). For other homonyms, please refer to the Ramah document. It is a region assigned to the Tribe of Benjamin.
Joshua 18:25Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah,
Judges 19:11His master said to him, “We won’t enter into the city of a foreigner that is not of the children of Israel; but we will pass over to Gibeah.”Judges 19:12He said to his servant, “Come and let’s draw near to one of these places; and we will lodge in Gibeah, or in Ramah.”Judges 19:13So they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down on them near Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.Judges 19:14They went over there, to go in to stay in Gibeah. He went in, and sat down in the street of the city; for there was no one who took them into his house to stay.Judges 19:15Behold, an old man came from his work out of the field at evening. Now the man was from the hill country of Ephraim, and he lived in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjamites.
왕국 시대에서는 북이스라엘 왕국의 바아사 왕은 남 유다의 아사왕과 전쟁을 벌일 때에 이곳을 요새화하였다.
1 Kings 15:16Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.1 Kings 15:17Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that was left in the treasures of Yahweh’s house, and the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered it into the hand of his servants. Then King Asa sent them to Ben Hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who lived at Damascus, saying,
2 Chronicles 16:1Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of Yahweh’s house and of the king’s house, and sent to Ben Hadad king of Syria, who lived at Damascus, saying,
1 Kings 15:20When Baasha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah, and lived in Tirzah.1 Kings 15:21Then king Asa made a proclamation to all Judah. No one was exempted. They carried away the stones of Ramah, and its timber, with which Baasha had built; and king Asa used it to build Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.1 Kings 15:22Now the rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.
2 Chronicles 16:4When Baasha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah, and let his work cease.2 Chronicles 16:5Then Asa the king took all Judah, and they carried away the stones of Rama, and its timber, with which Baasha had built; and he built Geba and Mizpah with them.2 Chronicles 16:6At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said to him, “Because you have relied on the king of Syria, and have not relied on Yahweh your God, therefore the army of the king of Syria has escaped out of your hand.
Jeremiah 40:1The captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said to him, “Yahweh your God pronounced this evil on this place;
마태복음에서 예수님이 태어나셨을 때 헤롯이 일으킨 영아살해를 이야기했던 라마에서의 애곡이 이 시기의 이야기를 말한 것이다.
Matthew 2:18But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,
Jeremiah 31:15Yahweh says: “Refrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears; for your work will be rewarded,” says Yahweh. “They will come again from the land of the enemy.Jeremiah 31:16There is hope for your latter end,” says Yahweh. “Your children will come again to their own territory.
Ezra 2:1who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
Ezra 2:26The men of Michmas, one hundred twenty-two.
Nehemiah 7:30The men of Michmas: one hundred twenty-two.
Nehemiah 11:33Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
Hosea 5:8Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel, I have made known that which will surely be.
Isaiah 10:29Cry aloud with your voice, daughter of Gallim! Listen, Laishah! You poor Anathoth!