1 Samuel 7:17

Good News Translation

Then he would go back to his home in Ramah, where also he would serve as judge. In Ramah he built an altar to the Lord.

Cross References

Genesis 33:20

He put up an altar there and named it for El, the God of Israel.

Genesis 35:7

He built an altar there and named the place for the God of Bethel, because God had revealed himself to him there when he was running away from his brother.

Isaiah 10:29

They have crossed the pass and are spending the night at Geba! The people in the town of Ramah are terrified, and the people in King Saul's hometown of Gibeah have run away.

Judges 4:5

She would sit under a certain palm tree between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the people of Israel would go there for her decisions.

Judges 6:24

Gideon built an altar to the Lord there and named it “The Lord is Peace.” (It is still standing at Ophrah, which belongs to the clan of Abiezer.)

1 Samuel 1:1

There was a man named Elkanah, from the tribe of Ephraim, who lived in the town of Ramah in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham and grandson of Elihu, and belonged to the family of Tohu, a part of the clan of Zuph.

1 Samuel 1:19

The next morning Elkanah and his family got up early, and after worshiping the Lord, they went back home to Ramah. Elkanah had intercourse with his wife Hannah, and the Lord answered her prayer.

1 Samuel 11:15

So they all went to Gilgal, and there at the holy place they proclaimed Saul king. They offered fellowship sacrifices, and Saul and all the people of Israel celebrated the event.

1 Samuel 14:35

Saul built an altar to the Lord, the first one that he built.

1 Samuel 15:34

Then Samuel went to Ramah, and King Saul went home to Gibeah.

1 Samuel 2:11

Then Elkanah went back home to Ramah, but the boy Samuel stayed in Shiloh and served the Lord under the priest Eli.

1 Samuel 28:3

Now Samuel had died, and all the Israelites had mourned for him and had buried him in his hometown of Ramah. Saul had forced all the fortunetellers and mediums to leave Israel.

1 Samuel 8:4

Then all the leaders of Israel met together, went to Samuel in Ramah,

1 Samuel 9:12

“Yes, he is,” the young women answered. “In fact, he is just ahead of you. If you hurry, you will catch up with him. As soon as you go into town, you will find him. He arrived in town today because the people are going to offer a sacrifice on the altar on the hill. The people who are invited won't start eating until he gets there, because he has to bless the sacrifice first. If you go now, you will find him before he goes up the hill to eat.”