This name belongs to 2 different places in the Bible:
- Baalath-beer: Town in the Negev, allotted to Simeon
- Ramoth: City of refuge east of the Jordan
Definition
or רָמַת נֶגֶב; from the plural or construct form of H7413 and H5045; heights (or height) of the South; Ramoth-Negeb or Ramath-Negeb, a place in Palestine
Traditional renderings: south Ramoth, Ramath of the south.
Traditional renderings: south Ramoth, Ramath of the south.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
21 total
- 1 Samuel 30:27בְּרָמֽוֹת־ · RamothHe sent gifts to those in Bethel, Ramoth Negev, and Jattir;
- 1 Kings 4:13בְּרָמֹ֣ת · in Ramoth-gileadBen-geber in Ramoth-gilead (the villages of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead belonged to him, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan with its sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);
- 1 Kings 22:3רָמֹ֣ת · Ramoth-gilead…who said to his servants, “Do you not know that Ramoth-gilead is ours, but we have failed to take it from the hand of the king of Aram?”
- 1 Kings 22:4רָמֹ֣ת · against Ramoth-gileadSo he asked Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to fight against Ramoth-gilead?” Jehoshaphat answered the king of Israel, “I am as you are, my people are your people, and my horses are your horses.”
- 1 Kings 22:6רָמֹ֥ת · Ramoth-gileadSo the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and asked them, “Should I go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
- 1 Kings 22:12רָמֹ֤ת · to Ramoth-gileadAnd all the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, “Go up to Ramoth-gilead and triumph, for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
- 1 Kings 22:15רָמֹ֥ת · Ramoth-gileadWhen Micaiah arrived, the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up and triumph,” Micaiah replied, “for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
- 1 Kings 22:20בְּרָמֹ֣ת · at Ramoth-gileadAnd the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one suggested this, and another that.
- 1 Kings 22:29רָמֹ֥ת · to Ramoth-gileadSo the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.
- 2 Kings 8:28בְּרָמֹ֣ת · at Ramoth-gileadThen Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead, and the Arameans wounded Joram.
- 2 Kings 9:1רָמֹ֥ת · to Ramoth-gileadNow Elisha the prophet summoned one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, “Tuck your cloak under your belt, take this flask of oil, and go to Ramoth-gilead.
- 2 Kings 9:4רָמֹ֥ת · to Ramoth-gileadSo the young prophet went to Ramoth-gilead,
- 2 Kings 9:14בְּרָמֹ֣ת · Ramoth-gileadThus Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram. (Now Joram and all Israel had been defending Ramoth-gilead against Hazael king of Aram,
- 2 Chronicles 18:2רָמ֥וֹת · Ramoth-gileadAnd some years later he went down to visit Ahab in Samaria, where Ahab sacrificed many sheep and cattle for him and the people with him and urged him to march up to Ramoth-gilead.
- 2 Chronicles 18:3רָמֹ֣ת · against Ramoth-gileadAhab king of Israel asked Jehoshaphat king of Judah, “Will you go with me against Ramoth-gilead?” And Jehoshaphat replied, “I am as you are, and my people are your people; we will join you in the war.”
- 2 Chronicles 18:5רָמֹ֥ת · Ramoth-gileadSo the king of Israel assembled the prophets, four hundred men, and asked them, “Should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and God will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
- 2 Chronicles 18:11רָמֹ֤ת · to Ramoth-gileadAnd all the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, “Go up to Ramoth-gilead and triumph, for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.”
- 2 Chronicles 18:14רָמֹ֥ת · Ramoth-gileadWhen Micaiah arrived, the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up and triumph,” Micaiah replied, “for they will be delivered into your hand.”
- 2 Chronicles 18:19בְּרָמ֣וֹת · at Ramoth-gileadAnd the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab king of Israel to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one suggested this, and another that.
- 2 Chronicles 18:28רָמֹ֥ת · Ramoth-gileadSo the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.
- 2 Chronicles 22:5בְּרָמ֣וֹת · at Ramoth-gileadAhaziah also followed their counsel and went with Joram son of Ahab king of Israel to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead. But the Arameans wounded Joram.