1 Samuel 7:17

God's Word

Then he would return home to Ramah. There, too, he judged Israel. And in Ramah he built an altar to the Lord.

Cross References

Genesis 33:20

He set up an altar there and named it God Is the God of Israel.

Genesis 35:7

He built an altar there and called that place El Bethel [God of the House of God]. That’s where God had revealed himself to Jacob when he was fleeing from his brother.

Isaiah 10:29

They go through the mountain pass and lodge at Geba for the night. The people in Ramah tremble; the people in Saul’s Gibeah flee.

Judges 4:5

She used to sit under the Palm Tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the mountains of Ephraim. The people of Israel would come to her for legal decisions.

Judges 6:24

So Gideon built an altar there to the Lord. He called it The Lord Calms. To this day it is still in Ophrah, which belongs to Abiezer’s family.

1 Samuel 1:1

There was a man named Elkanah from Ramathaim Zophim in the mountains of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, grandson of Elihu, great-grandson of Tohu, whose father was Zuph from the tribe of Ephraim.

1 Samuel 1:19

Early in the morning Elkanah and his family got up and worshiped in front of the Lord. Then they returned home to Ramah. Elkanah made love to his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her.

1 Samuel 11:15

Then all the troops went to Gilgal, and there in the Lord’s presence, they confirmed Saul as their king. There they sacrificed fellowship offerings to the Lord. Saul and all of Israel’s soldiers celebrated.

1 Samuel 14:35

Then Saul built an altar to the Lord; it was the first time he had built an altar to the Lord.

1 Samuel 15:34

Then Samuel went to Ramah, and Saul went to his home at Gibeah.

1 Samuel 2:11

Then Elkanah went home to Ramah. But the boy ⌞Samuel⌟ served the Lord under the priest Eli.

1 Samuel 28:3

Meanwhile, Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in his hometown Ramah. (Saul had rid the land of mediums and psychics.)

1 Samuel 8:4

Then all the leaders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.

1 Samuel 9:12

The girls answered, “He’s there ahead of you. Hurry! He ⌞just⌟ went into the city today since the people are offering a sacrifice on the worship site.